From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 1 16:24:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA01504 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 May 1996 16:24:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA01374 for ; Wed, 1 May 1996 16:23:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA12776; Wed, 1 May 1996 16:27:18 -0700 Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 16:27:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Craig A. Heilman" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: simple install questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 1 May 1996, Craig A. Heilman wrote: > I posted once before but I think the length of my message may have scared > everyone away :-). > > System: > 486DX2-80, 16 MB RAM > 520 MB IDE drive for DOS/Windoze > Adaptec 1542CP SCSI controller > 1.08 GB SCSI drive for FreeBSD > > Questions: > > 1. How does one capture boot information to file when installing FreeBSD? It's in a command called "dmesg", which you can access from the holographic shell (which doesn't start up until install starts). > 2. Is it a good idea to put a small (20MB?) DOS partition on the SCSI drive > for emergencies? It's a good idea to put one there for geometry purposes, but DOS can't access the FreeBSD partition. > 3. Should I use BootEasy or OSBS? >From what I understand, OSBS is more robust, but it's personal choice. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major