Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 23:31:14 +0800 From: Yuan Jue <yuanjue122@163.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reinstalling the standard boot manager Message-ID: <200509052331.14270.yuanjue122@163.com> In-Reply-To: <20050904042052.GB8395@gothmog.gr> References: <431A44E3.70909@multideck.com> <200509040931.21436.yuanjue122@163.com> <20050904042052.GB8395@gothmog.gr>
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On Sunday 04 September 2005 12:20, Yuan Jue wrote: > On 2005-09-04 09:31, Yuan Jue <yuanjue122@163.com> wrote: > > On Sunday 04 September 2005 08:53, Yuan Jue wrote: > > > boot0cfg -v -B /dev/ad0 > > > > when doing this, I got a message: > > boot0cfg: write_mbr: /dev/ad0: No such file or directory > > I use it as root and my disk is ad0. What did I do wrong? > > Check that: > > a) you are not running this inside a jail (/dev/ad0 may not be > visible inside a jail) sorry, but how to check that I'm not inside a jail? Could you give me some clues? > > b) ad0 is really the disk, and not ad1 or something else > I am pretty sure that is ad0. Since I only install FreeBSD5.4 in my laptop, and let it use the entire disk. I can use the sysinstall->fdisk to make sure that the disk is ad0s1, since I use entire of it. > If that fails to uncover the cause of the error, then run truss or > ktrade on boot0cfg and send me the dump. -- Best Regards. Yuan Jue
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