Re: FreeBSD boot loader halts

2007-03-20 Thread Simon Chang
, the system does boot. Once booted I can run makeworld for a week without any issues. Perhaps a disk issue? I'm booting off a MegaRAID controller. Though I cannot crash the system using intensive IO after it boots. After it boots, it seems to be rock solid, so I'm lost here. Can boot loader be put

Re: FreeBSD boot loader halts

2007-03-20 Thread youshi10
lost here. Can boot loader be put into verbose mode and have it output debugging info? I don't know if there is a debug mode for the boot loader, but if the problem is happening at random then I would want to investigate hardware failures/malfunctions. At any rate, no fully operational machine

FreeBSD boot loader halts

2007-03-19 Thread Simon
Hello, Can someone suggest a way to debug FreeBSD's boot loader? My FBSD 6.2 freezes at random after printing Default: F1 I haven't noticed this issue in the past with older versions of FreeBSD. Since this is a random issue, it's very hard to pin point the culprit by process of elimination

Changing Boot Loader

2007-03-05 Thread Tom Marchand
Is there anyway to install a new boot loader without having to perform a complete reinstall? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Changing Boot Loader

2007-03-05 Thread Vince
Tom Marchand wrote: Is there anyway to install a new boot loader without having to perform a complete reinstall? _ Have a read though the man page for boot0cfg if you want to reinstall the freebsd bootloader, otherwise you can install grub from ports. Vince

RE: Changing Boot Loader

2007-03-05 Thread Thomas Sparrevohn
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchand Sent: 05 March 2007 22:45 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Changing Boot Loader Is there anyway to install a new boot loader without having to perform a complete reinstall? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Changing Boot Loader

2007-03-05 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Vince wrote: Tom Marchand wrote: Is there anyway to install a new boot loader without having to perform a complete reinstall? _ Have a read though the man page for boot0cfg if you want to reinstall the freebsd bootloader, otherwise you can install grub from ports. Vince or GAG (ports

Re: Changing Boot Loader

2007-03-05 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Vince wrote: Tom Marchand wrote: Is there anyway to install a new boot loader without having to perform a complete reinstall? _ Have a read though the man page for boot0cfg if you want to reinstall the freebsd bootloader, otherwise you can install grub from ports. Vince or GAG (ports

Re: freebsd 6.1 floppy installation problem - boot loader finds only 16MB, but I have 256 MB - and it hangs

2006-09-25 Thread Watanabe Kazuhiro
Hi. At Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:49:20 +0200, Vo?ten?k Vladim?r wrote: I have an old HP NETSERVER PRO 2xpentium pro, 256 MB ram, and I tried to install the actual FREEBSD 6.1 there. I made 3 floppies: boot, kernel1 and kernel2. When it starts booting from the boot floppy, the loader show I only

Re: freebsd 6.1 floppy installation problem - boot loader finds only 16MB, but I have 256 MB - and it hangs

2006-09-24 Thread backyard
--- Vo¹tenák Vladimír [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have an old HP NETSERVER PRO 2xpentium pro, 256 MB ram, and I tried to install the actual FREEBSD 6.1 there. I made 3 floppies: boot, kernel1 and kernel2. When it starts booting from the boot floppy, the loader show I only have

freebsd 6.1 floppy installation problem - boot loader finds only 16MB, but I have 256 MB - and it hangs

2006-09-23 Thread Voštenák Vladimír
Hi I have an old HP NETSERVER PRO 2xpentium pro, 256 MB ram, and I tried to install the actual FREEBSD 6.1 there. I made 3 floppies: boot, kernel1 and kernel2. When it starts booting from the boot floppy, the loader show I only have 16 MB of RAM (instead 256MB I have there). Then it asks for

FreeBSD 6.1 boot loader missing

2006-06-13 Thread Al Plant
I installed FreeBSD 6.1 on 2 different HD's 3.5 GB. When the reboot is supposed to happen the Boot loader doesnot come up. Is there a way to fix this from a single user prompt or any other way? I have never had this happen to FreeBSD and I have been installing it on many boxes since version

Re: /boot/loader and modules

2006-04-16 Thread David J Brooks
On Sunday 16 April 2006 17:42, jesse marquez wrote: Hello, Last night I installed FreeBSD 6.0 - Release on a Gateway 450SX4 laptop. For some reason it seems the loader is not reading the local changes made to /boot/loader.conf . Have any of you expierenced this? I've checked my changes made

Replacing FreeBSD boot loader (was: How To Delete BSD)

2005-11-15 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
(hd0,2,a) kernel/boot/loader Note that Linux counts partitions differently. hd0,2,a is /dev/ad0s3a. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see

Need old V2.05 boot loader installation

2005-10-26 Thread Paul S. Gumerman
I am currently working on recovering data from an old Maxtor MaxAttach NAS4000. This box is based on FreeBSD V2.05. Can anyone direct me to a place where I can download a bootloader install that will boot that system? The current bootloader code just throws up its hands and gives up when

Re: Boot Loader Problem

2005-09-18 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 12:00 AM 9/18/2005, John Do wrote: Hi guys I still can't boot BSD :( I have tried everything I can and bla bla read etc etc :( Here is the setup (I boot off ad0) ad0 - boot loader and Windows XP ad2 slice 2 - FreeBSD Install Exactly from the emergency shell do I need to type to configure

Re: Boot Loader Problem

2005-09-18 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Glenn Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: boot0cfg -B -s 5 ad0 boot0cfg -B -s 2 ad2 I don't remember who asked what before, but you should also try: boot0cfg -B -s 5 -o packet ad0 boot0cfg -B -s 2 -o packet ad2 fdisk /dev/ad0 fdisk /dev/ad2 bsdlabel /dev/ad0 I wouldn't bother if you don't

Re: Boot Loader Problem

2005-09-18 Thread John Do
Hi Gary and Glen, I have the output. It was sure tiring to write out and then type back though :) bsdlabel /dev/ad2s1: No Valid Label bsdlabel /dev/ad2s2: 8 partitions # size offset fstype [fsizebsize bps/cpg] a: 8191983 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552

Re: Boot Loader Problem

2005-09-18 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
John Do [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: fdisk, etc, looked good. boot0cfg -v /dev/ad0 # flag | start chs | type| end chs | offset | size 1 0x80 0: 1:10x07 1023 254:63 63 40001787 OK. boot0cfg -v /dev/ad2 # flag |

Re: Boot Loader Problem

2005-09-18 Thread John Do
boot CD and I can simply boot BSD by booting with the GRUB CD and typing: rootnoverify (hd2,1) makeactive chainloader +1 boot GRUB has always been simple and intuitive for me so I'll stick with that and stay away from the hell of the BSD boot loader :) This really is my only gripe about FreeBSD I

Re: Boot loader won't start windows on other HD

2005-08-29 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Disk 1 If I press F1, FreeBSD boots as expected. However, if I press F5 (it seems I have to do this twice otherwise I get FreeBSD again), I get a prompt saying Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: Now what? It doesn't seem to matter what I put here, it won't make Windows start. Is there something

Re: Boot loader won't start windows on other HD

2005-08-27 Thread Glenn Dawson
: F1 FreeBSD F5 Disk 1 If I press F1, FreeBSD boots as expected. However, if I press F5 (it seems I have to do this twice otherwise I get FreeBSD again), I get a prompt saying Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: Now what? It doesn't seem to matter what I put here, it won't make Windows

Re: src of boot loader.

2005-08-19 Thread Dev FreeBSD
On 8/19/05, Bsderss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Can anyone please tell me where is the source code of i386 boot loader in the freebsd src tree? Obviously different arch has different boot loader. If I just want to see the src of i386 boot loader, is the path ./sys/boot/i386/loader

src of boot loader.

2005-08-18 Thread Bsderss
Hi, Can anyone please tell me where is the source code of i386 boot loader in the freebsd src tree? I found there is some code in the following paths: # find . -name loader* ./share/examples/bootforth/loader.rc ./sys/boot/alpha/loader ./sys/boot/arc/loader ./sys/boot/common/loader.8 ./sys/boot

src of boot loader.

2005-08-18 Thread Bsderss
Hi, Can anyone please tell me where is the source code of i386 boot loader in the freebsd src tree? I found there is some code in the following paths: # find . -name loader* ./share/examples/bootforth/loader.rc ./sys/boot/alpha/loader ./sys/boot/arc/loader ./sys/boot/common/loader.8 ./sys/boot

dual boot with freebsd boot loader

2005-08-02 Thread Petre Bandac
hello I have the following configuration ad0s1 - win xp with ntfs ad0s2 - freebsd they were installed in the above order, so now I can use only freebsd is there a way to configure freebsd's boot loader to be able to boot from the win partition (I googled around and found boot0cfg (8

Re: dual boot with freebsd boot loader

2005-08-02 Thread Björn König
Petre Bandac wrote: I have the following configuration ad0s1 - win xp with ntfs ad0s2 - freebsd they were installed in the above order, so now I can use only freebsd is there a way to configure freebsd's boot loader to be able to boot from the win partition (I googled around and found

Re: dual boot with freebsd boot loader

2005-08-02 Thread Bob Johnson
On 8/2/05, Petre Bandac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello I have the following configuration ad0s1 - win xp with ntfs ad0s2 - freebsd they were installed in the above order, so now I can use only freebsd is there a way to configure freebsd's boot loader to be able to boot from the win

Re: boot loader

2005-07-17 Thread Gunter Wambaugh
On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:35 PM, freebsd wrote: Gunter Wambaugh wrote: On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:53 AM, e-mail for freebsd wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 (from CD) onto a ThinkPad A21. I also have Win2Kpro on this laptop. FreeBSD is installed at about the 7G mark on the

Re: boot loader

2005-07-16 Thread Gunter Wambaugh
On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:53 AM, e-mail for freebsd wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 (from CD) onto a ThinkPad A21. I also have Win2Kpro on this laptop. FreeBSD is installed at about the 7G mark on the harddrive. I had 4.3 installed previously, and thought I would just start over.

Re: boot loader

2005-07-16 Thread freebsd
Gunter Wambaugh wrote: On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:53 AM, e-mail for freebsd wrote: Hi, I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 (from CD) onto a ThinkPad A21. I also have Win2Kpro on this laptop. FreeBSD is installed at about the 7G mark on the harddrive. I had 4.3 installed previously, and thought I

Re: simpler boot loader

2005-06-25 Thread Frank Knobbe
On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 13:39 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: something like for NetBSD - just load one ELF file from disk and that's all. FreeBSD /boot/loader and it's script are overcomplicated. What complicates the normal boot process is that the kernel requires a pre-boot environment

simpler boot loader

2005-06-05 Thread Wojciech Puchar
does such things exist for FreeBSD? something like for NetBSD - just load one ELF file from disk and that's all. FreeBSD /boot/loader and it's script are overcomplicated. or maybe there are scripts available that just load file no bootmenus, delays, options etc

RE: simpler boot loader

2005-06-05 Thread fbsd_user
On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Wojciech Puchar wrote: does such things exist for FreeBSD? something like for NetBSD - just load one ELF file from disk and that's all. FreeBSD /boot/loader and it's script are overcomplicated. or maybe there are scripts available that just load file no bootmenus

no freebsd boot loader when re-installed another winXP

2005-05-22 Thread Edwin D. Vinas
, it doesnt load the FreeBSD boot loader but instead two WinXP Professional is being shown. How do I recover the FreeBSD boot loader? I can't see any F1, F2 or F3 which allows me to choose which OS to boot. It seems the newly installed WinXP has removed the FreeBSD boot manager? Pls help me :-( thank

Re: no freebsd boot loader when re-installed another winXP

2005-05-22 Thread Abu Khaled
a new bootable WinXP. so now, when the machine boots, it doesnt load the FreeBSD boot loader but instead two WinXP Professional is being shown. How do I recover the FreeBSD boot loader? I can't see any F1, F2 or F3 which allows me to choose which OS to boot. It seems the newly installed WinXP has

Re: no freebsd boot loader when re-installed another winXP

2005-05-22 Thread Fabian Keil
, when the machine boots, it doesnt load the FreeBSD boot loader but instead two WinXP Professional is being shown. How do I recover the FreeBSD boot loader? I can't see any F1, F2 or F3 which allows me to choose which OS to boot. It seems the newly installed WinXP has removed the FreeBSD

Re: Boot loader doesn't see [root filesystem on] ATA disk after successful install

2005-05-12 Thread Joel
The lsdev command on this boot loader gave the same results as the (B one booted from the IDE disk. (B (BSince I'm not there to watch you do it, it's hard to say whether that (Bproves you can't do it or not. Not that I'm sure I'd know anyway. (B (BSearching on google for [HP Kayak XU] found this page

Re: Boot loader doesn't see [root filesystem on] ATA disk after successful install

2005-05-11 Thread Joel
On Tue, 10 May 2005 22:23:28 -0700 (PDT) (BBrian O'Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (B (B [...] (B There is a boot loader installed in the MBR of both disks, but I am (B trying to boot the IDE disk from the loader on its own MBR. I didn't (B try booting the loader from the SCSI disk

Re: Boot loader doesn't see [root filesystem on] ATA disk after successful install

2005-05-11 Thread Brian O'Shea
or F5) to boot from. The lsdev command on this boot loader gave the same results as the one booted from the IDE disk. From what I've read and what I've experienced, putting hard disks and CD-ROMs on the same channel is counterproductive. Boot problems and data problems are said to be likely

Re: Boot loader doesn't see ATA disk after successful install

2005-05-10 Thread Brian O'Shea
Replying to my own question with another question after some more RTFM'ing... --- Brian O'Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... ... When I created the slice on disk1, sysinstall warned me that the geometry was incorrect. Instead it used some other values that

Re: Boot loader doesn't see [root filesystem on] ATA disk after successful install

2005-05-10 Thread Brian O'Shea
to do it since the data on the disk is not important, but got the same result (boot loader can't find the root filesystem on the disk). I'm at a loss. -brian __ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http

Re: Boot loader doesn't see ATA disk after successful install

2005-05-10 Thread Joel
, however after it completed and the system rebooted, the (B boot loader could not find the root filesystem. This system also has (B a SCSI disk (disk2) which has an older release of FreeBSD installed. (B That is the FFS and swap partitions that you see in the lsdev output (B below. (B (BDoes

Re: Boot loader doesn't see [root filesystem on] ATA disk after successful install

2005-05-10 Thread Brian O'Shea
--- Joel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... This system also has a SCSI disk (disk2) which has an older release of FreeBSD installed. That is the FFS and swap partitions that you see in the lsdev output below. Does that mean it boots the system on the SCSI disk? There is a boot loader

no /boot/loader error 16

2005-05-08 Thread Ben Haysom
hi I have an AMD Duron 700Mhz running FreeBSD 5.3. When I turn it on I get error 16 lba 287 error 16 lba 287 No /boot/loader I've found: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-March/081879.html but the instructions don't do anything. Help

Interjet requires warm reboot from 5.x boot loader?

2005-02-27 Thread Royce Williams
When warm/cold booting an Interjet under FreeBSD 5.2.1 or 5.3 (vanilla installs), kernel loading fails. The only workaround I've figured out so far is to reboot from the boot loader OK prompt, as shown below. I'm not skilled in the hardware troubleshooting arena, so I'm stumped. I've searched

FBSD boot loader?

2005-01-13 Thread John Conover
Is there a 1024 cylinder limit on the first slice for a dual boot PC system using the FBSD boot loader? I presume there is, but I couldn't find it in the handbook. Maybe I missed it. Thanks, John -- John Conover, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.johncon.com

Re: FBSD boot loader?

2005-01-13 Thread Christian Hiris
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 January 2005 10:02, John Conover wrote: Is there a 1024 cylinder limit on the first slice for a dual boot PC system using the FBSD boot loader? This depends if your computers BIOS supports disk packet interface, see 'man 8 boot0cfg

Re: FBSD boot loader?

2005-01-13 Thread Jerry McAllister
Is there a 1024 cylinder limit on the first slice for a dual boot PC system using the FBSD boot loader? I presume there is, but I couldn't find it in the handbook. Maybe I missed it. Not if you have a reasonably recent BIOS. FreeBSD can handle it just fine as long as the BIOS can deal

Re: FBSD boot loader?

2005-01-13 Thread Jud
On 13 Jan 2005 09:02:42 -, John Conover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a 1024 cylinder limit on the first slice for a dual boot PC system using the FBSD boot loader? I presume there is, but I couldn't find it in the handbook. Maybe I missed it. Somewhere between 1997 and 1999 this stopped

Adding non-kernels to boot-loader

2004-11-11 Thread Dan Kilbourne
Hello, I am looking for a way to add memtest86 to the FreeBSD bootloader so that my techs can easily test RAM when needed. From what I understand, the memtest86 build script makes two objects: 1) a linux-kernel-alike image. 2) an ELF object.

Re: Adding non-kernels to boot-loader

2004-11-11 Thread Nathan Kinkade
___ You will probably have better luck using a more flexible boot loader like GRUB. How about just putting memtest86 on a floppy or CDROM and your techs can boot to the removable media whenever they need to test memory. This approach seems much more flexible, as any machine can then be used

Re: Adding non-kernels to boot-loader

2004-11-11 Thread Dan Kilbourne
- everything is generally done via a network installer we have hooked up, so removable media is not an option. You will probably have better luck using a more flexible boot loader like GRUB. How about just putting memtest86 on a floppy or CDROM and your techs can boot to the removable media whenever

Re: Adding non-kernels to boot-loader

2004-11-11 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 12:35:26PM -0500, Dan Kilbourne wrote: Nathan Kinkade extolled: You will probably have better luck using a more flexible boot loader like GRUB. How about just putting memtest86 on a floppy or CDROM and your techs can boot to the removable media whenever they need

Re: Using the boot-easy boot loader..

2004-11-09 Thread Oliver Fuchs
bsd boot loader? I am some what scared to even bother with a boot loader. Please advise on what I can do to make windows XP allow another OS like FREEBSD to work though its on a separate drive. Synopsis of problem: XP installed on primary master (ad0), and freebsd installed taking up whole

Using the boot-easy boot loader..

2004-11-08 Thread Nadav Ben-Ami
easy loader(Option 1), there was a time when by doing just that, It destroyed the MBR of my primary drive! Strange as it may seem, though why would windows xp be destroyed if I tried to install on a separate physical hard drive (D:/) the free bsd boot loader? I am some what scared to even bother

Re: Boot Loader

2004-11-02 Thread Gary Aitken
I had a similar problem after installing 5.3b7. My solution (win2K 5.3) was to use the ms boot manager. To do this, copy /boot/boot1 to c:\, naming it whatever you want, eg FreeBSD_boot1.bsd. Edit boot.ini to contain a line like: c:\FreeBSD_boot1.bsd=Freebsd 5.3 In order to edit boot.ini

Re: Boot Loader

2004-11-02 Thread Choy Kho Yee
On 2004/11/03, at 11:17, Andrew Smith wrote: I'm trying to get Windows XP and FreeBSD 4.10 to dual boot. So I installed XP, and then FreeBSD, with the Boot Manager. Rebooted and I get the FreeBSD boot manager. When I hit F2, FreeBSD loads without problems. However when I hit F1, the computer

problems with boot loader stage1

2004-09-26 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi FreeBSD-Gurus! [Please Cc: me] Short Description: FreeBSD 4.10, installed on /dev/hde (linux lingo), booting via lilo (on hda) - hde goes to stage0 but stops there. Longer: Recently I have installed FreeBSD (4.10) for compiling TeXlive binaries for i386-freebsd. I used some disk space on

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-04 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 12:19:23AM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: Hey, Thanks for you help. I figured out my problem. I was trying to install grub to (hd0) while running gnome. I read some more of the manual for grub and realized that I had to create a floppy disk to do the installation. So, I

Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
Happy 4th! okay, now that's out of the way. I am bored with freebsds' boot loader and want to install Grub from the ports collection. My question is: When grub installs, will it find my partitions and set everything up for me? So, when I reboot grub is working. Here is my hard drive setup

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 03:01:07PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: Happy 4th! okay, now that's out of the way. I am bored with freebsds' boot loader and want to install Grub from the ports collection. My question is: When grub installs, will it find my partitions and set everything up for me

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
title FreeBSD 5.2.1 root (hd0,2,a) kernel /boot/loader Sorry, this should be (hd0,1,a) ! The first slice (windows) is (hd0,0) and the second is (hd0,1), and you want the root-partition within that (hd0,1,a). GH ___ [EMAIL

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 16:17, Geert Hendrickx wrote: title FreeBSD 5.2.1 root (hd0,2,a) kernel /boot/loader Sorry, this should be (hd0,1,a) ! The first slice (windows) is (hd0,0) and the second is (hd0,1), and you want the root-partition within that (hd0,1,a). GH

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 05:35:35PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 16:17, Geert Hendrickx wrote: title FreeBSD 5.2.1 root (hd0,2,a) kernel /boot/loader Sorry, this should be (hd0,1,a) ! The first slice (windows) is (hd0,0) and the second is (hd0,1), and you

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 18:02, Geert Hendrickx wrote: On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 05:35:35PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 16:17, Geert Hendrickx wrote: title FreeBSD 5.2.1 root (hd0,2,a) kernel /boot/loader Sorry, this should be (hd0,1

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
Thanks for the help, I think I will be able to get it working now, after that information. The only question I have or comment is. Shouldn't I have the stages and grub.conf in /boot/grub ? You said /boot. Just wondering which it is. Thanks again.. Bruce I'm sorry, you're right. (I

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
I moved all the files and ran the commands that you said. I am having this problem. GNU GRUB version 0.95 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Geert Hendrickx
Seems as you don't have write permission for /dev/ad0. Did you run grub as root? GH On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 07:21:45PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: I moved all the files and ran the commands that you said. I am having this problem. GNU GRUB version 0.95 (640K lower / 3072K upper

Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader

2004-07-03 Thread Bruce Hunter
Hmm.. I'm root I even tried changing the permissions on /dev/ad0 the device has read and write access.. wierd. Maybe instead of setup (hd0) it should be setup (ad0) But device.map sets the hd0 pointer to /dev/ad0 any other ideas? Bruce On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 19:31, Geert Hendrickx wrote:

Re: Boot Loader Config

2004-06-22 Thread Luke
What can I modify to make the machine Automatically select option # 2 during the boot process? Check out your /boot/loader.conf file. Comment out the hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 if it's in there. I don't know for sure that this will work, but I'd try it. ___

Re: Boot Loader Config

2004-06-22 Thread whizkid
What can I modify to make the machine Automatically select option # 2 during the boot process? Check out your /boot/loader.conf file. Comment out the hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 if it's in there. I don't know for sure that this will work, but I'd try it. my /boot/loader.conf file is empty.

Re: Boot Loader Config

2004-06-22 Thread Luke
What can I modify to make the machine Automatically select option # 2 during the boot process? Check out your /boot/loader.conf file. Comment out the hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 if it's in there. I don't know for sure that this will work, but I'd try it. my /boot/loader.conf file is empty. Perhaps

Re: No /boot/loader

2004-06-14 Thread freebsd
/ Fdisk, label and the rest of install went fine, but on reboot I get the following error: Disk error 0x1 (lba=0x21fc09f) No /boot/loader FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: If I hit enter, it spits out this error: WARNING: loader(8) metadata is missing! and starts

Facing trouble when trying to boot 5.2 with GRUB boot loader

2004-05-05 Thread Klaus Juergen Osswald
Hi, I installed FreeBSD 5.2 with / on ad0s1a Since I have other (LInux) OSes on the same disk, I'm using GRUB booting FreeBSD with root (hd0,a) kernel /boot/loader boot Boot doesn't succeed with message Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition I

Re: Facing trouble when trying to boot 5.2 with GRUB boot loader

2004-05-05 Thread Joan Picanyol i Puig
On Wed, 05 May 2004 14:34:38 +0200, Klaus Juergen Osswald wrote: Is there a problem to boot the new ufs2 filesystem with GRUB ? Yes. GRUB doesn't understand it yet How can I savely boot FreeBSD my other OSSes ? a) try the patch at PR 62299 b) chain the bootblock on the FreeBSD partition:

DOS and FreeBSD 3.51, Boot Loader Configuration

2004-04-02 Thread Dwight Spence
I have just copy my files from a bootable FreeBSD3.5 CD to a dos partition. Which bootloader should I choose to make sure my system boots to FreeBSD? DS ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

3rd stage boot loader can't find kernel after 'make installworld'

2004-03-15 Thread thatcher hubbard
On an older Dell PowerEdge 1300, single 36GB hard disk connected through a PERC controller. Installed from the 5.2.1-RELEASE ISO. The machine installs fine, has no troubles getting at the disk through the 'amr' device. I get CVSup on the machine, synch my source, do a 'make buildworld'

Re: corrupted boot loader

2004-03-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
C.L. Lai [ALAN] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: my boot loader is corrupted during improper shutdown, is there anyway i can fix it w/o having local access to the machine? Which stage of the boot loader? [How far does it get?] Do you have a serial console? [If not, then obviously you'll need

Re: corrupted boot loader

2004-03-11 Thread C.L. Lai [ALAN]
is still on, it's just that i cannot be rebooted ever, otherwise i will lose control to it. so i gotta fix it before any reboot occurs On 11 Mar 2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: C.L. Lai [ALAN] [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: my boot loader is corrupted during improper shutdown, is there anyway i can fix

corrupted boot loader

2004-03-10 Thread C.L. Lai [ALAN]
my boot loader is corrupted during improper shutdown, is there anyway i can fix it w/o having local access to the machine? thx ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: how to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ?

2004-01-12 Thread Adrian Pircalabu
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 22:08:49 -0800 Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Adrian Pircalabu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:33 AM Subject: Re: how to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ? On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11

how to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ?

2004-01-09 Thread Adrian Pircalabu
Hi, What can I do to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ? I can not use various commands like top (nlist failed), vmstat( undefined symbols: _kmemstatistics _bucket _zlist). My fstab looks like this: /dev/ad0s1b noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/ad0s2a

Re: how to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ?

2004-01-09 Thread Adrian Pircalabu
On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:28:53 +0200 Adrian Pircalabu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What can I do to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ? I can not use various commands like top (nlist failed), vmstat( undefined symbols: _kmemstatistics _bucket _zlist). My fstab looks like this: /dev/ad0s1b

Re: how to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ?

2004-01-09 Thread Drew Tomlinson
- Original Message - From: Adrian Pircalabu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:33 AM Subject: Re: how to use /boot/loader to load the kernel ? On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 11:28:53 +0200 Adrian Pircalabu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What can I do

Set boot loader to boot off CD manually

2003-12-09 Thread Daniel Goepp
Hi all, I was banging my head against the wall too long yesterday, so I have broken down, and have to ask. Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. Here is what I'm trying to do. I have two computers, both running 4.8, clean, minimal installs. They have two serial cables connected to

RE: Set boot loader to boot off CD manually

2003-12-09 Thread John Baldwin
On 09-Dec-2003 Daniel Goepp wrote: Hi all, I was banging my head against the wall too long yesterday, so I have broken down, and have to ask. Any help on this matter is greatly appreciated. Here is what I'm trying to do. I have two computers, both running 4.8, clean, minimal installs.

Re: boot loader won't boot freebsd slice (partially solved)

2003-12-01 Thread Nathan Kinkade
, the machine boots fine using GRUB, but still won't boot with the FreeBSD boot loader. So I suppose I'll continue to use GRUB, but I'm a little confused as to why the FreeBSD boot0 program isn't working. It was previously working on this same laptop with a different hard disk. So I guess

Location Boot Loader Config file ?

2003-11-24 Thread sundeep.puliccott
Need to know the location of the bootloader config file in the 4.8 release. thanks sundeep Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or

Antwort: Boot loader configuration for FreeBSD 5.1

2003-09-18 Thread wolfgang . frick
Hi, Insert in /etc/loader.conf this line hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 ** Diese Nachricht ist ausschliesslich fuer den bezeichneten Adressaten oder dessen Vertreter bestimmt. Beachten Sie bitte, dass jede Form der

Antwort: Boot loader configuration for FreeBSD 5.1

2003-09-18 Thread wolfgang . frick
Sorry, Insert in /boot/loader.conf this line hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 ** Diese Nachricht ist ausschliesslich fuer den bezeichneten Adressaten oder dessen Vertreter bestimmt. Beachten Sie bitte, dass jede Form der

Retry2: Problem with boot/loader I can't seem to solve. Ideas anyone?

2003-09-16 Thread Frank Masolijn
. FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: At this point I've tried entering the following things. X:da(Y,a)/Z with -X anywhere between 0 and 5. -Y anywhere between 0 and 2. -Z either /kernel or /boot/loader. The following options allowed a continued boot. 1:da(0,a)/kernel 1:da

Retry: Problem with boot/loader I can't seem to solve. Ideas anyone?

2003-09-14 Thread Frank Masolijn
. FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: At this point I've tried entering the following things. X:da(Y,a)/Z with -X anywhere between 0 and 5. -Y anywhere between 0 and 2. -Z either /kernel or /boot/loader. The following options allowed a continued boot. 1:da(0,a)/kernel 1:da

Re: Retry: Problem with boot/loader I can't seem to solve. Ideas anyone?

2003-09-12 Thread Ryan Merrick
the boot2 screen. FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: At this point I've tried entering the following things. X:da(Y,a)/Z with -X anywhere between 0 and 5. -Y anywhere between 0 and 2. -Z either /kernel or /boot/loader. The following options allowed a continued boot. 1:da(0

Retry: Problem with boot/loader I can't seem to solve. Ideas anyone?

2003-09-11 Thread Frank Masolijn
. FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: At this point I've tried entering the following things. X:da(Y,a)/Z with -X anywhere between 0 and 5. -Y anywhere between 0 and 2. -Z either /kernel or /boot/loader. The following options allowed a continued boot. 1:da(0,a)/kernel 1:da

Problem with boot/loader I can't seem to solve. Anyone ideas?

2003-09-08 Thread Frank Masolijn
. FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: At this point I've tried entering the following things. X:da(Y,a)/Z with -X anywhere between 0 and 5. -Y anywhere between 0 and 2. -Z either /kernel or /boot/loader. The following options allowed a continued boot. 1:da(0,a)/kernel 1:da

Changing the FreeBSD boot loader options

2003-02-03 Thread Anand Buddhdev
I have installed FreeBSD 4.7 on my desktop, which already had windows 2000 on it in a partition. I also have a second IDE disk in the computer. Upon boot, I get the following menu: F1 FreeBSD (default) F2 DOS F5 Disk 1 How do I rename the label for F2 from DOS to Windows, and how do I eliminate

Re: Changing the FreeBSD boot loader options

2003-02-03 Thread Daniel Bye
On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:30:23AM +0100, Anand Buddhdev wrote: I have installed FreeBSD 4.7 on my desktop, which already had windows 2000 on it in a partition. I also have a second IDE disk in the computer. Upon boot, I get the following menu: F1 FreeBSD (default) F2 DOS F5 Disk 1

Re: Changing the FreeBSD boot loader options

2003-02-03 Thread William Palfreman
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Anand Buddhdev wrote: I have installed FreeBSD 4.7 on my desktop, which already had windows 2000 on it in a partition. I also have a second IDE disk in the computer. Upon boot, I get the following menu: F1 FreeBSD (default) F2 DOS F5 Disk 1 How do I rename the label

Re: Changing the FreeBSD boot loader options

2003-02-03 Thread Mike Meyer
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], William Palfreman [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: The other nice this about the FreeBSD boot manager is that it remember what you did last time and uses that as default next time round. Grub, on the other hand, only remembers if you tell it to. It's nice to be able to disable

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