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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD on second IDE drive Date: 21 May 1996 01:34:08 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4nr6ig$316@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <slrn4q1m30.uu.bspring@j51.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <slrn4q1m30.uu.bspring@j51.com>, Brian Springstead <bspring@j51.com> wrote: > >I'm looking to install FreeBSD on a machine, but it will >have to be on the second IDE drive (D: in DOS). Someone >told me that this isn't possible with FreeBSD. Is he >correct or incorrect? I checked the FAQ and didn't find >the answer. Not true! However you will have to install a boot manager of some kind to get at your FreeBSD disk - or just boot off the install floppy (which is what I do with my two disks). >Also is there a way of making a floppy boot disk that will >automagicly boot to BSD without the user having to type >in anything. I know in Linux I can use "dd" to copy >the kernel to the disk. Does this work in FreeBSD? Yes, 'dd' is a standard Unix command. However, making your own boot floppy is rather tricky in FreeBSD (work is in progress on making it a bit easier). As I mentioned above, you can boot off the install floppy - it'll give you a prompt where you can tell it which disk to boot off. Not particularly elegant, but it works. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk