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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!nntp.msstate.edu!hobbes.gtlug.org!simmons From: simmons@aris.com (David Simmons) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: FreeBSD booting, >1024 cyls, and boot disk Date: 19 Oct 1995 07:58:38 GMT Organization: Aris Technology, Inc. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4650fe$ifg@NNTP.MsState.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hobbes.gtlug.org After recompiling the kernel on a FreeBSD box, the machine refuses to boot up -- it doesn't even give the Boot: prompt to select a kernel. I am able to use an installation boot disk to get a Boot: prompt, and select the kernel on the disk, and boot successfully. Does anybody have any ideas on this? Can somebody point me to some documentation concerning the boot procedure and the configuration files needed to modify its behavior? How can create a floppy boot disk (as a last resort) to automatically load hd(1,a)/kernel? I assume that the 'disklabel' program is roughly equivalent to the SunOS 'installboot' program as far as committing the boot files to be the boot blocks. I tried a 'disklabel -B wd0' with no luck. Thanks for any information... David -- David Simmons, simmons@aris.com Internet Consultant, Aris Technology, Inc. Visit my home page! http://www.aris.com/~simmons/