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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: how do I install the boot loader?
Date: 10 Aug 1995 09:29:35 +0200
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Brad Midgley <brad@pht.com> wrote:
>I'm using 2.0.5r snap, complete with a new boot loader. Now I'd like
to remove >what is currently the boot drive. I've copied its
contents, but I need to copy >the boot loader from the old boot drive
to the new one. I couldn't find any >documentation on it and I can't
take the system down for a long time playing >around with it...
Not quite clear which bootloader you're refering to, but keep in mind
that you can access the whole drive by `/dev/r[sw]d0', or the BSD
slice by `/dev/r[sw]d0s[1-4]'. Use dd to copy a single sector.
If you think about the BSD bootstrap, ``disklabel -B'' is your friend.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)