Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 12:02:07 -0700 (PDT) From: bmk@dtr.com To: tyork@vt.edu (Thayer York) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bootmanager problems Message-ID: <199509221902.MAA00838@everest> In-Reply-To: <199509221901.MAA14449@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Thayer York" at Sep 22, 95 03:00:45 pm
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> > So. We've narrowed the problem down to 1) Booteasy not correctly loading > >the 2ndary (?) boot code, or 2) the secondary boot code not working > >properly, in the presence of HD+CDROM on 2nd IDE controller. > As I mentioned, in my case it doesn't seem to like booting from the 2nd IDE > controller at all, although there was no trouble seeing it during the install. You won't be able to get it to boot from a secondary controller - the initial boot process uses BIOS services, and the BIOS has no clue that your 2nd controller is there. This is the case regardless of what type of controller you have. > That's exactly what I want to do - start from a floppy but boot the kernel > from the hard disk. Now the problem is I don't have a boot floppy. The > copy I got from the school came on a CD that they put together and it > included a copy of a kernel and a DOS-based utility (fbsdboot.exe) to boot > off a DOS medium. Is there some way to create an install floppy? Sure. FTP one from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD.
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