Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 19:21:22 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: Cant boot a new 2.0.5A system Message-ID: <199506021721.TAA15038@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199506020016.RAA00968@ref.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Jun 1, 95 05:16:41 pm
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As Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > The surest and easiest way to get it 100% right (by definition) is: > boot dos > delete all freebsd slices > make (at least) one dos slice > boot boot.flp > (delete dos slice if you don't want it) > create freebsd slice(s) Why do i have to boot DOS? (Where should i get one? :) The previous versions (after 2.0) have been able to locate the BSD partition immediately at the beginning of the drive if i told ``Use whole disk'', so why has this been changed now? -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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