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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!cbgw2.lucent.com!news.bu.edu!engc!not-for-mail From: tom@bu.edu (Thomas P. Skinner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Booting second drive Date: 4 Feb 1997 14:54:04 GMT Organization: Boston University Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5d7iid$kt4@news.bu.edu> References: <5cnjo4$qf7@news.bu.edu> <32efc55b.493387@news.mhv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: engc.bu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34750 In working with the FreeBSD folks it has been determined that the boot on the 2.1.6 install floppy was compiled with the RAWBOOT option. This option ignores the name of the kernel file and requires the kernel to be at absolute offset 8192 in the BSD partition. This generally cripples booting from anything other than the floppy unless the kernel winds up in the correct position. I found that the boot on the fixit floppy image is the full functioning boot. So if you have any trouble booting hard drives you should be sure to use the boot on the fixit disk. The FreeBSD folks say that the full boot will appear in later releases since support for 1.2M floppies is to be abandoned. Hope this helps. Thomas P. Skinner Boston University