Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 10:38:34 -0400 From: "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> To: Jimmy Lantz <jimmy.lantz@lusidor.com>, Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim <ihsan_junaidi@yahoo.com.sg> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from a CD-ROM Message-ID: <200209291038.34234.bts@babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020929152206.00bcc0e8@mail.lusidor.com> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020929152206.00bcc0e8@mail.lusidor.com>
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Or just boot off disk 2 of the distribution which is a "live filesystem" rescue CD. Then run boot0cfg to re-install the bootloader. On Sunday 29 September 2002 09:22 am, Jimmy Lantz wrote: | Check out liveCD | livecd.sourceforge.net. | / Hth | | At 18:26 2002-09-29 +0800, you wrote: | >Hello all, | > | > I can't search the archives for a solution. I thought I give this | > list a try. | > | > WinXP screwed me last night and I'm forced to reinstall it. I | > totally forgot | > that I already have a FreeBSD installation on it and realized | > only after I | > installed it that I would not be able to boot if off because | > WinXP MBR had already | > overridden it with its own. I don't have floppy on this system, | > only CD-ROM. | > | > I notice there's an option "boot: " I assume, for selecting | > kernel after booting | > off from a FreeBSD CD. How do I make use of the option? Do I | > need to include | > the specific disk and slice. I have 3 disks da0, da1 and ad0 | > according to BIOS | > ordering. FreeBSD stays in da1 and the kernel resides at | > /kernels/kernel-new. I | > read from the handbook that boot2 stage spawns off loader | > or boot3 stage | > depending on the parameters. Also it explains up until unload | > and set kernel, | > if possible I want to use loader because I've done a few | > customizations in | > loader.conf which I don't know how to make it out without using a | > loader. | > | > Thanks in advance. | > | >-- | >Thank you for your time, | >Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim | > | >__________________________________________________ | >Do You Yahoo!? | >Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free | >http://sbc.yahoo.com | > | >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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