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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
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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.

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