Re: Resetting bootloader on a CF

2011-09-01 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:47:22 +0200, bsd wrote: Part of the solution seems to be : 1. Mount the CF on a FBSD 2. Initialize the bootloader with : # fdisk -B /dev/disk Erm... You should _not_ mount (as in /sbin/mount) the CF in order to change MBR data; mounting should be restricted to

Re: Resetting bootloader on a CF

2011-09-01 Thread Michael Sierchio
It occurs to me that there may be a couple of other wrinkles. There are kernel boot parameters that tell which kind of console to use, and there are switches you can twiddle in /boot/loader.conf, notably #console=vidconsole # A comma separated list of console(s) console

Resetting bootloader on a CF

2011-08-31 Thread bsd
Hi, I am trying to reset the bootloader of a pfSense nanoBSD CF card. I need the boot loader to be reset because The embedded image set the bootloader to use a serial console. That isn't necessary with the box I am trying to use (the BIOS does console redirection to the serial port for

Re: Resetting bootloader on a CF

2011-08-31 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:47:22PM +0200, bsd wrote: Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:47:22 +0200 From: bsd b...@todoo.biz Subject: Resetting bootloader on a CF To: Liste FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Hi, I am trying to reset the bootloader of a pfSense