> > After installing FreeBSD I get the following message: > > No /boot/loader > > FreeBSD/i386 boot > Default: 0:da(0,a)/kernel > boot: > > When installing the OS, I created one partition using the entire disk > (in this case a 560GB arrray) and created two mount points (256M 'swap' > as da0s1a and 559G '/' as da0s1b. How can I get the OS to boot?
First of all, I suppose you really mean to say that you created one slice for the whole disk and within that slice you created two partitions: da0s1a and da0s1b. When you create that slice, you tell fdisk to write an MBR (/boot/mbr) and mark the slice as bootable. Secondly, you should make da0s1a be the boot partition eg root (/). When you do disklabel to create the partition, you tell disklabel to make it bootable and put in the /boot/boot1 boot record. The sysinstall routine will do both of these for you too if you tell it too. If you really want to boot off a non-standard partition, then you should study what you are doing more first. You really need a good reason and understanding of the whole system before doing that. Otherwise, just do it the standard way as indicated above and it will all work just hunky dory. ////jerry _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
