On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Brian D. Moffet wrote:
> At 03:59 PM 1/22/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >FreeBSD loader does not start up, nor does the kernel (obviously). The
> >error message I get back is literally translated as "No O.S."
>
> on the other versions of Intel Unix I have used dd the master boot bl
At 03:59 PM 1/22/00 -0500, you wrote:
>FreeBSD loader does not start up, nor does the kernel (obviously). The
>error message I get back is literally translated as "No O.S."
"No O.S " means that the master boot block has not been written. I have no
idea
why your version of FreeBSD didn't write on
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Wes Peters wrote:
> OK, let's quickly hack the VM system to allow swapping on a DOS partition.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/c/swap
vnconfig -c -e /dev/vn0 /c/swap swap
Kris
"How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?"
"Eight!"
"That was a rhetorical questi
Marwan Fayed wrote:
>
> As Thierry (and one other I think) suggested, a DOS partition is required.
> Before this was suggested to me I tried dual booting with a small DOS
> partition of 2 megs to save as much space as possible. This didn't work.
> Well, last night a chain of events forced me to r
According to Ulf Zimmermann:
> and haven't bothered to check on my Sony (does the Z505R even do suspend
> to disk?)
Oh yes. My Z505SX has a 200 MB slice at the end of the disk reserved for that
purpose. It works beautifully.
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On Sun, Jan 23, 2000 at 11:33:56AM -0500, Marwan Fayed wrote:
> So, as it turns out I have found the answer it seems... a bit of a fluke,
> rather. I'll detail in short (if there is such a thing) so others are
> aware.
>
> As Thierry (and one other I think) suggested, a DOS partition is required.
So, as it turns out I have found the answer it seems... a bit of a fluke,
rather. I'll detail in short (if there is such a thing) so others are
aware.
As Thierry (and one other I think) suggested, a DOS partition is required.
Before this was suggested to me I tried dual booting with a small DOS
p
-On [2122 20:00], Marwan Fayed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>There have been two suggestions both very related, both of which I have
>already considered. I thought perhaps my BIOS required a DOS partition so
>I installed RedHat 6.1 to be sure. Guess what? It worked!
My past recollection of slic
OK, I'm glad about fstab and my mount points, but I have already tried
using 'a' and then i hit 's' to set bootable before I 'w' to write. I've
actually tried this more times than i can count!
When I do re-enter the fdisk using install disks though, the slice is no
longer marked 'A' for active. P
> I am a seasoned UNIX user but have been using freebsd for only about 6
> months. I have posted this problem to freebsd-questions with no response
> so, figuring it must be a bug in the install program i'm going to try
> here. Oh, I would like to have traced the code to try to find the bug (if
>
(The following is forwarded from freebsd-mobile)
FreeBSD loader does not start up, nor does the kernel (obviously). The
error message I get back is literally translated as "No O.S."
As for a disk parameter translation I cannot say for sure because IBM (as
wretched as they can be) does not allow
I am writing this after reading two responses, both of which I am grateful
for. I should have included this info in the original posting but better
late than never, I guess.
There have been two suggestions both very related, both of which I have
already considered. I thought perhaps my BIOS requi
Hello
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Marwan Fayed wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am a seasoned UNIX user but have been using freebsd for only about 6
> months. I have posted this problem to freebsd-questions with no response
> so, figuring it must be a bug in the install program i'm going to try
> here. Oh, I wou
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