Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:43:31 -0600 From: Denny <denny@kewanee.net> To: Crist J Clark <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>, jcwells@u.washington.edu Cc: jjc@videotron.ca, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i have a question Message-ID: <19990131104331.A6458@kewanee.net> In-Reply-To: <199901291447.JAA22139@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>; from Crist J Clark on Fri, Jan 29, 1999 at 09:47:16AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901290745400.292-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <199901291447.JAA22139@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
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Quoting Crist J Clark (cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com): > Actually, booting from the floppy should be quite easy to do. You > should get a propmt from the booter and the following help screen, > > Usage: bios_drive:interface(unit,partition)kernel_name options > bios_drive 0, 1, ... > interface fd, wd or sd > unit 0, 1, ... > partition a, c, ... > kernel_name name of kernel, or ? for list of files in root directory > options -a (ask name) -C (cdrom) -c (userconfig) -D (dual consoles) > -d (debug early) -g (gdb) -h (serial console) -P (probe kbd) > -r (default root) -s (single user) -v (verbose) > Examples: > 1:sd(0,a)mykernel boot `mykernel' on the first SCSI drive when one IDE > drive is present > 1:wd(2,a) boot from the second (secondary master) IDE drive > 1:sd(0,a)? list the files in the root directory on the specified > drive/unit/partition, and set the default bios_drive, > interface, unit and partition > -cv boot with the defaults, then run UserConfig to modify > hardware parameters (c), and print verbose messages (v) > > At this point, you can just identify where to boot from. If you're > booting from a second IDE drive, the second example is probably what > you want. > > I /think/ you should be able to get your boot floppy to load that > drive by default by modifying the 'boot.config' file on it, but I am > familiar with the procedure. See 'man 8 boot' for a start on that. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Bingo, I've been doing this for about a year now. I used to have NT on my first drive (now removed with extreme prejudice.) If I had to boot to NT, just take out floppy, reboot. Back to FreeBSD, insert floppy, reboot. When I get up the ambition, I'll move my main system over to the first drive. -- Regards, Denny Reiter denny@kewanee.net ------------------ FreeBSD: 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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