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Date:      Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:32:17 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Carl Weidling <cpw@rahul.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Questions about booting from floppy to use CD-Rom system
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971128223108.22417I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199711232113.AA22960@waltz.rahul.net>

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On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Carl Weidling wrote:

> FIRST question:
> 	When I installed FreeBSD, it changed my MBR so that it gives me
> choices, if I hit F1 it goes to DOS, if I hit F5 it goes to my 2nd hard
> drive and gives me F2 as a choice for FreeBSD.  Those work fine, but there
> are choices that specify linux, only they don't work.  It would be nice
> if it really could let me choose linux, is that a possibility?

It should work, I don't know why it isn't.

> SECOND question:
> 	The 2nd CD-rom of the set I got from Walnut Creek is supposed to
> be a 'live file system' that you can use by specifying some option from
> the boot floppy.  Maybe that doesn't work when the CD-Rom is atapi but it
> would certainly be nice for doing repairs, like changing fstabs when I
> move the jumpers around on the backs of my hard drives).

WEll, it's more of a snapshot, so if you break one of the main files you
can grab it back off the CD.

> 	Actually, it would be nice to just have a loadlin like utility to
> run from DOS to let me boot this or that O/S, does such a thing exist for
> FreeBSD?

Yup, fbsdboot in /usr/mdec or on the CD.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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