Custom FreeBSD boot floppy??
Viktor Lazlo
viktorlazlo at telus.net
Sat Oct 25 15:57:58 PDT 2003
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
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