Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 21:16:48 -0500 From: Richard Johnson <richj@iquest.com> To: msmith@adtrad.adelaide.edu.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <199507280216.VAA23014@vespucci.iquest.com>
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>> Section of original message... >> I can boot FreeBSD by using the install floppy, and entering >> "wd(2,a)/kernel" at the boot: prompt. How can I fix my machine so that >> fbsdboot will let me boot?? Any suggestions would be helpful. Mike Smith spoke: >Can you enter the above at the FreeBSD boot: prompt on the harddisk and have >it work? Herin lies the problem...Since I do not have the boot manager installed, and fbsdboot gives the message "bad dislabek Cannot load /kernel" then I cannot get a boot: prompt from the harddisk, and this leaves only the boot floppy. Richard richj@iquest.com >-- >]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ >]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ >]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ >]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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