no /boot/loader - after installation

2007-07-19 Thread John Clement
I'm installing 6.1 on an HP Vectra VL420, I've been in the BIOS to set the C/H/S as per what the install reports (I've tried an 80GB Seagate and a 250GB WD), the install all seems to go fine. I've tried the FreeBSD boot manager, a standard MBR and even setting the disk as dedicated, but

Re: no /boot/loader - after installation

2007-07-19 Thread John Clement
other idea, I'de love to hear them! cheers -jc On 19/07/07, Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 03:31 AM 7/19/2007, John Clement wrote: I'm installing 6.1 on an HP Vectra VL420, I've been in the BIOS to set the C/H/S as per what the install reports (I've tried an 80GB Seagate and a 250GB

Re: no /boot/loader - after installation

2007-07-23 Thread John Clement
up with Not ufs no /boot/loader so a slightly different message now, but still no go anyone? - jc On 20/07/07, John Clement [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The burner's been playing up recently so I've just been using the copy of 6.1 I've got. Maybe I'll get a copy of 6.2 burnt at work to try

Re: /stand/sysconfig does't work

2007-08-03 Thread John Clement
If you run the find command you'll find what you're looking for ;-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# find / -name sysinstall -print /usr/sbin/sysinstall cheers On 03/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just purchased Freebsd-6.1 RELEASE and /stand/sysinstall doesn't work. I have been

Re: /stand/sysconfig does't work

2007-08-03 Thread John Clement
as long as /usr/sbin hasn't been removed from PATH ;-) On 03/08/07, Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On Friday, August 03, 2007 08:51:48 +0100 John Clement [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you run the find command you'll find what you're looking for ;-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# find

mounting geom partition

2008-01-03 Thread John Clement
Quite some time ago I setup a machine with a couple of 250GB disks in that were mirrored using geom, although I can't remember if I mounted it as 1x 250GB partition or several smaller ones. The machine they were in died, and I kept hold of one of the two disks so I could restore the data. I'm

RE: DNS server Problem

2008-04-14 Thread John Clement
I have BIND DNS Server in my freebsd, i keep on searching in google on how to restart it? is there a command to restart it like the squid and dhcp? or there is no command for it? You might like to try # rndc reload Cheers Thanks in advanced..