Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 15:51:04 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Tony Tye <tye@icubed.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alternate booting methods Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811161549360.17775-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01be0f55$c71b6250$1923a8c0@photo03.post-gazette.com>
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On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Tony Tye wrote: > I'm preparing to install FreeBSD on a Compaq 120 MHz (Intel processor). I > would prefer not to make any changes to my Master Boot Record right now, if > I can avoid it. > > Does FreeBSD have an alternate method of booting, comparable to Linux's > Loadlin, for example? Or can it be booted directly from a floppy, without > touching the MBR? You can set up a boot floppy to automatically start your kernel on the hard drive; I do this for my workstation (with an overgrown disk). Once you image the boot disk, there's a few sectors leftover. Mount the boot floppy and make /boot.config with wd(0,a)/kernel or whatever your boot string is. Unmount the disk and you should be good to go next boot. > Also, if there is an alternate boot method, can it handle a FreeBSD > installation above the 1024th cylinder? I have an old BIOS which does not > recognize large hard drives, and it would be easier to install at the end of > a drive. This is a BIOS limitation, and it can't be gotten around, sorry. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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