Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 00:58:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> To: toni@stderror.at Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem With Fix-It CD Message-ID: <200406010758.i517wQ9l000815@mist.nodomain>
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On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 09:28:59 +0200, Toni Schmidbauer wrote: >> > On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 08:12:15PM -0700, Rishi Chopra wrote: > > I'm unable to load the Fix-It CD; my computer will not boot the CD > > directly, and a mounting error is given when I attempt to load the CD > > using the boot diskettes. I've tried taking my RAID array to another > > machine, and the sysinstall program freezes when loading. I've verified > > that the CD (FreeBSD 5.1) is good. > > the fixit cd is not bootable. you have to boot from the > installation cd, select "fixit" and insert the fixit cd. >> I believe that was true of the release 5.1 fixit CD, but that seems to have been "fixed". I don't know exactly when the fixit CDs became bootable. I am not sure about the release 4.9 fixit CD, but I believe the release 5.2, 5.2.1, and 4.10 fixit CDs are bootable, just like the installation CD. The difference is that when you boot the fixit CD you can't really do an installation (because the bytes to install are not there) and when you go into fixit mode you don't have to change the CD in the drive. Dan Strick
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