Custom FreeBSD boot floppy??
Hi Everyone! The MBR on my hard disk is corrupted (or sometimes is), after re-installing FreeBSD it was not overwritten and fixed even though the complete system was. So when i need to boot i use the bootcds i used to install FreeBSD and at boot0 i press any key (during rapid / - \ - spinnings) and boot my hard drive using the command 0:ad(a,0)/boot/loader. When there is a power failure, it requires me to go back to the system and repeat the process. How could i make a custom boot floppy (or even boot cd) to load 0:ad(a,0)/boot/loader automatically, since the MBR never gets repaired (however many times i've tried). If this information is already documented somewhere, a point in the right direction will be more than sufficient, even if the information is about MBR repair and installation of the FreeBSD boot loader. I am using 4.8-RELEASE, thanks to all in advance! -Rian Hunter _ Send instant messages to anyone on your contact list with MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Custom FreeBSD boot floppy??
Hi. Go to http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html and download the BootFORTH demo (floppy image) (Direct link: http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/bootldr.bin ) Copy it to a floppy (using dd(1)) and you have a boot floppy that you can mount (it has a ufs filesystem) and customize. You can also create a bootable floppy manually by following the instructions in The Handbook, but the picobsd floppy image is a great starting point for this kind of thing. Dofri On Sat, 2003-10-25 at 18:44, yo _ wrote: Hi Everyone! The MBR on my hard disk is corrupted (or sometimes is), after re-installing FreeBSD it was not overwritten and fixed even though the complete system was. So when i need to boot i use the bootcds i used to install FreeBSD and at boot0 i press any key (during rapid / - \ - spinnings) and boot my hard drive using the command 0:ad(a,0)/boot/loader. When there is a power failure, it requires me to go back to the system and repeat the process. How could i make a custom boot floppy (or even boot cd) to load 0:ad(a,0)/boot/loader automatically, since the MBR never gets repaired (however many times i've tried). If this information is already documented somewhere, a point in the right direction will be more than sufficient, even if the information is about MBR repair and installation of the FreeBSD boot loader. I am using 4.8-RELEASE, thanks to all in advance! -Rian Hunter _ Send instant messages to anyone on your contact list with MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Custom FreeBSD boot floppy??
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, yo _ wrote: Hi Everyone! The MBR on my hard disk is corrupted (or sometimes is), after re-installing FreeBSD it was not overwritten and fixed even though the complete system was. So when i need to boot i use the bootcds i used to install FreeBSD and at boot0 i press any key (during rapid / - \ - spinnings) and boot my hard drive using the command 0:ad(a,0)/boot/loader. When there is a power failure, it requires me to go back to the system and repeat the process. Have you tried repairing the MBR with: boot0cfg -B /dev/ad0 (or whatever disk you are trying to reset it on)? Cheers, Viktor ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]