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From: font@MCS.COM (Font)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: 2.0.5R installation OK; how to boot?
Date: 29 Jul 1995 00:29:56 -0500
Organization: MCSNet Services
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Message-ID: <3vch0k$f0e@Mars.mcs.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: mars.mcs.com
I am a complete newbie to FreeBSD or other free UNIX-type systems. I
decided to try an installation on the following machine:
486DX2/80 16MB RAM
two IDE drives used for DOS/Win
one 2 gig SCSI drive to be used for FreeBSD only on AHA 1540CF
I figured out that I had to put the bin and floppies directories from
ftp.cdrom.com onto my C: drive under a freebsd directory. Fine. (I
did this on both my C: and D: drives because in the install program I
was given a choice of wd0s2 or wd1s0, and I don't have a secondary IDE
adapter, so I figured I would just be safe.)
Partitioned SCSI drive into four partitions, /, /usr, /u and swap,
each around 500 MMB. Fine. Installer found my IDE DOS directories
for minimal installation. Fine. Install finishes. Fine.
Now what? How do I boot FreeBSD? I asked for a boot manager. This
probably got put on the SCSI disk so it doesn't do me any good. I
tried typing "hd(1,a)/kernel" when booting from the install floppy.
No go, it says "bad disklabelCan't find hd(1,a)/kernel" (exactly like
that). I read through the www site. There is a program called
dosboot which says it will boot FreeBSD from DOS. I can't find it on
the ftp site, and the www page has no references to where the program
sources or executable can be found.
It appears the only way I can do this is to wipe IDE0 and install on
there. Please tell me that this isn't true. All I really want to do
is run FreeBSD off of my SCSI disk and leave the IDE drives alone. I
even have a NEXTSTEP boot manager on IDE0 I could get rid of if need
be. Help.
Please reply in newsgroup AND forward copy to my mailbox, if you are
able. Feel free to direct me to appropriate FAQs for this situation
if there are any (I couldn't find any). Thank you.
--
font@mcs.net Wishes are like dishes.