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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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