Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:50:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Bruce Albrecht <bruce@zuhause.mn.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Missing boot.cfg, boot.help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410224921.28437J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804091330.IAA00406@zuhause.mn.org>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Bruce Albrecht wrote: > I just moved all my file systems around, and moved my freebsd root > partition to a freebsd-only drive (i.e., no partitions, just a > disklabeled drive). When I boot, it complains that boot.cfg and > boot.help are missing, and I have to hit a return to get it to boot. > My original root didn't have these files, but I never got such an > error. These are parts of the new boot blocks built for 2.2.5. /boot.help is a file displayed before the boot: prompt, and /boot.config is a file that lists the default disk to boot from (i.e., "wd(0,a)/kernel"). Both files are optional. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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