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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!startide.ctr.columbia.edu!wpaul From: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.0.5R installation OK; how to boot? Date: 29 Jul 1995 18:09:50 GMT Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 47 Message-ID: <3vdthe$oee@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> References: <3vch0k$f0e@Mars.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: startide.ctr.columbia.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, Font (font@MCS.COM) had the courage to say: : 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. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~ "Welcome to All Things BSDish! If it's not BSDish, it's crap!" ~~~~~~~