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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!usenet From: Mark Taylor <mtaylor@cybernet.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.0 boot problem... Date: 9 Nov 1993 23:40:53 GMT Organization: Cybernet Systems Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2bp9q6$d8p@nigel.msen.com> References: <2b8mtd$5uo@nigel.msen.com> <2bceej$hlc@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <kd.752498982@confucius> <CG4zB7.19E@luva.stgt.sub.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.245.33.12 X-UserAgent: Version 1.1.3 X-XXDate: Tue, 9 Nov 93 18:41:38 GMT Well- I took Mike Murphy's suggestion, and gritted my teeth and re-installed the system, and answered cylinder 0 as the starting cylinder instead of the default of 1. Now I can boot directly from the hard drive, and don't need the floppy anymore. Thank you all who responded to my posts. I appreciate the help and insight that I've received from your replies. And, of course, special thanks to Mike Murphy and Adam David. -Mark J. Taylor mtaylor@cybernet.com