Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 00:43:23 +1000 (EST) From: Greg Holloway <freelist@studioweb.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Problems with booting FreeBSD Message-ID: <199503311443.AAA00214@studioweb.com>
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I'm in the process of converting from linux to FreeBSD and I'm having a few major problems: a. How do I change the floppy boot disk to mount /dev/sd0a as root device? (The boot manager doesn't work with my HD) b. I can boot manually by typing 'sd(0,a)/kernel' at the boot manager prompt, but if I copy /kernel to /kernel.another and type 'sd(0,a)/kernel.another' at bootup, it gives the error "Invalid format!". c. Similar to (b), every time I compile a new kernel, and "make install", when I type 'sd(0,a)/kernel' at bootup, it says "Invalid format!". (The kernel compiles okay and appears to install okay). Any assistance would be *greatly* appreciated. I am very keen to migrate to FreeBSD as I feel it is much more secure and stable than Linux. Thanks Greg H <greg@studioweb.com>
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