Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 20:50:57 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk Message-ID: <199911050450.UAA01405@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 04 Nov 1999 10:25:44 PST." <E11jRZw-000N2F-00@rip.psg.com>
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> > - Boot the install floppy. > > i presume you mean the kern.flp floppy. > > > When the little spinning widget appears > > and stops, hit the spacebar. At the 'boot:" prompt, type > > wd(0,a)/boot/loader > > Disk error 0x1 (lba=0x1388b3c) > Disk error 0x1 (lba=0x1388b3c) > No /boot/loader > > should i not be telling it that it's the second slice in some way? Nope, you're probably SOL. It looks like your BIOS isn't going to let you go past 8GB. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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