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From: azrael@mozart.postech.ac.kr (Kim Tae Hyoung)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD from Floppy
Date: 4 Feb 1996 05:55:36 GMT
Organization: POSTECH, Pohang, Korea
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Ziljian (ziljian@uncc.campus.mci.net) wrote:

:  I know how to make FreeBSD boot off my hard drive from a floppy by typing 
: wd(1,a)/kernel each time .. How can I make the boot disk do this without me 
: having to type it in every time?

When installation time, you should select all partition you want to boot.
Thus, in partition editor installation menu, you must set bootable. And
install bootmanager when installation time.

Good luck.

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