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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.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: (Q) How to fix the bootstrap? Date: 22 May 1996 10:32:55 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4nun07$aj@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4mq21s$3oq@news.clinet.fi> <3190ee0b.82618278@news.teir.com> <4n23oc$6ro@news.clinet.fi> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Mika.J.H.Tuupola (tuupola@cloud9.l16.fi) wrote: : Curtis Williams (cwilliam@teir.com) wrote: : : My systems all boot from the first IDE drive by default. If there is : : no IDE drive some SCSI controllers (Adaptec 1452C is what I use) will : : boot from the /dev/sd0 device. As far as I know there is no way to : : boot from the SCSI if you have an IDE in the system without using : : a boot manager like System Commander or lilo (for Linux). I've also : Seems that I forgot to mention that I have to boot using a : boot disk (3.5" disk) and give the parameters hd(1,a)/kernel : there. : As I mentioned myh system doesnt boot at all from IDE drive. : When trying to boot without a 3.5" boot disk the error : message is NO BASIC ROM, SYSTEM HALTED. : //MiT Try running 'fdisk /mbr' - the DOS version - to rewrite your primary boot strap. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....