Just did an install on a disk. Never seen this before, but I made my
own partitions instead of 'a' for automatic, and they came up as
ad0s1c-g, instead of ad0s1a-e.
Sysinstall (7.2 release) seemed to progress complete just fine.
When I try to boot the disk, I get invalid partition, then boot:
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:48:01 -0700, Steve Franks bahamasfra...@gmail.com
wrote:
So, I jump back to the liveFS disk, thinking sysinstall zorked the
disk, but I can mount the disk (ad0s1d) just fine, and see the
contents of /mnt/boot/kernel and see /mnt/boot/loader* (never seen a
file with a *
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:21:25 -0900, Mark Weisman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've tried setting the MBR within fdisk from the FBSD side of the
house, however, it won't set. I go through all the motions, yet when it
goes to write it says that it can't write to drsk ad0. I then went into
a dos
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 01:11:28PM -0900, Mark Weisman wrote:
The second question I have, is can I put the command startx into my
rc.conf file to have it boot directly into the x-server? Any help on
these two would be awesome. Thanks.
Other people have described how you can arrange for startx
You can also Grub it up:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
http://www.daemonnews.org/200102/grub.html
Grub is a popular and well-supported OSS boot loader
HTH,
Chris
Jud wrote:
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:18:01 -0900, Mark Weisman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Just out of curiosity what is the
Manager
Standard Install a standard MBR (no boot manager)
None Leave the Master Boot Record Untouched
On this screen you want to choose the first one: BootMgr
Then use the tab to make sure OK is selected and go on to
the next stuff.
After this you will be put in to a screen to divide
Matthew Seaman wrote:
On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 01:11:28PM -0900, Mark Weisman wrote:
The second question I have, is can I put the command startx into my
rc.conf file to have it boot directly into the x-server? Any help on
these two would be awesome. Thanks.
snip
If you're a Gnome
Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes:
I did this just last night; this seems to do it
(and I was a bad boy, just hacked it w/o looking
at the docs)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [/home/kadmin][10:26]
#cat /etc/ttys | grep gdm
ttyv0 /usr/X11R6/bin/gdmcons25 on secure
Site Master
Mystic1.net
-Original Message-
From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 7:24 AM
To: Mark Weisman
Cc: Jerry McAllister; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Boot and MBR.
Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 11:45:18AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote:
Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes:
I did this just last night; this seems to do it
(and I was a bad boy, just hacked it w/o looking
at the docs)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [/home/kadmin][10:26]
#cat /etc/ttys |
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:50:03 -0500, HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Jud wrote:
[snip]
3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader. URL:
http://gag.sourceforge.net/.
You can also Grub it up:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
-Original Message-
From: Jud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:46 AM
To: HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER; Mark Weisman
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Boot and MBR.
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:50:03 -0500, HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Jud wrote:
[snip]
3
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 08:06:43 -0900, Mark Weisman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
I've installed GAG, and that is a really easy setup! It identified all
the partitions, and what was in them, stepped me through the process of
copying the manager to the disk and everything, kudos for the
recommendation!
Sorry for being such a pest, my boss kept asking why my computer wasn't
working, and I'm not ready to ready for him to know I've got BSD loaded.
I was in panic mode because I couldn't get my Windows XP screens and
applications to come up. I deeply apologize, I was finally able to read
all of your
, February 27, 2004 8:46 AM
To: HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER; Mark Weisman
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Boot and MBR.
On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:50:03 -0500, HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Jud wrote:
[snip]
3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader. URL:
http
Sorry for being such a pest, my boss kept asking why my computer wasn't
working, and I'm not ready to ready for him to know I've got BSD loaded.
I was in panic mode because I couldn't get my Windows XP screens and
applications to come up. I deeply apologize, I was finally able to read
all
I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition had
WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had WindowsXP
installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition and
had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is still
Ipsa Loquitor,
Mark-Nathaniel Weisman
Site Master
Mystic1.net
-Original Message-
From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:27 PM
To: Mark Weisman
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Boot and MBR.
I've got my primary drive divided in two
The second question I have, is can I put the command startx into my
rc.conf file to have it boot directly into the x-server? Any help on
these two would be awesome. Thanks.
I have not been successfule with that sort of thing. Anyway, I
don't think just putting it in rc.conf would do
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:18:01 -0900, Mark Weisman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot system?
Which operating system do you put on first? I see that having WinXP
setup in partitions is not a good idea, yet I'm not aware of how to load
the system
: Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:49 PM
To: Mark Weisman; Jerry McAllister
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Boot and MBR.
On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:18:01 -0900, Mark Weisman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot system?
Which
this thing online. I need my workstation back as soon as
possible. Thanks.
Res Ipsa Loquitor,
Mark-Nathaniel Weisman
Site Master
Mystic1.net
-Original Message-
From: Mark Weisman
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:59 PM
To: Jerry McAllister
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Boot and MBR
I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition had
WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had WindowsXP
installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition and
had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is still
bootable if I
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