Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 18:53:45 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Chow Chi-Ming <cmchow@se.cuhk.edu.hk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting up FreeBSD 2.1.6 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970129185247.25390F-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701290445.MAA03089@cuse77.se.cuhk.edu.hk>
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On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Chow Chi-Ming wrote: > OS disk size where > -- -------- ----- > win95 1 GB IDE1-1 (/dev/wd0 ?) > Linux 512 MB IDE2-1 (/dev/wd2 ?) > FBSD 256 MB IDE2-2 (/dev/wd3 ?) > > Is there a way to boot FBSD from floppy? At present I boot Linux > using loadlin, is there something similar in FBSD. Is there a nice > boot manager that works with all 3 OSes? FreeBSD is out of reach of most boot managers, so you'll have to do it manually unless you can get a better one (such as the one in OS/2 or Partition Magic 3.0, System Commander, etc...). In the meantime, you can boot by typing wd(3,a)/kernel At the Boot: prompt. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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