Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:16:47 -0500 (EST) From: hometeam <hometeam@techpower.net> To: Michael Cugley <michael.cugley@virgin.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot Manager woes. 3.1-R (2.2.5 boot manager) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903140902460.35071-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990314134710.007cc8c0@mail.virgin.net>
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gzip the kernel to compress it. get a formated floppy ready disklabel -Brw -b /boot/boot1 -s /boot/boot2 /dev/rfd0.1440 fd1440 newfs -T fd1440 /dev/rfd0.1440 mount /dev/fd0.1440 /mnt mkdir /mnt/boot cp /boot/loader /mnt/boot/loader cp /kernel.gz /mnt/kernel.gz touch /mnt/boot/boot.conf cd /mnt/boot/ edit boot.conf add this line to the newly created boo.conf set currdev=disk2s1a example mine is drive 2 change for your location umount /mnt You system now will boot from the floppy with your custom kernel On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Michael Cugley wrote: > I originally installed 2.2.5-R from CDROMs I had available, with Wind 95 on > Primary Master and Primary Slave, FreeBSD on Secondary Master. The boot > manager never worked; probably 'cos my Win95 disks were FAT32. > > I then started from scratch and d/l'd 3.1-R, and installed (eventually). I > foolishly didn't install a boot manager on my Primary Master, thinking the > old one (which I never uninstalled) would now work. Boy was I wrong! It > still just gives me the F1? prompt. > > So; I want to one of two things: > > * install a proper boot manager on the relevant disks without having to > wipe any data (/stand/sysinstall seems to want to do that before it > installs any boot managers); > > * or, create a dedicated boot disk that will boot up wd(2,a)kernel for me. > I've got a broken fixdisk that allows me to type in wd(2,a)kernel each > time, which is *such* a pain :) Want one that does it for me :) > > Ideas? Suggestions? Money? (Well, I can hope... ) > > > -- > Mike Cugley, lunatic at large > > http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.cugley/ > http://freespace.virgin.net/michael.cugley/Art/ > Mike's Doom Quake - http://www.crosswinds.net/dundee/~korvar/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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