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...ningly: hd30# gmirror status Name Status Components mirror/m0 COMPLETE ad4 ad6 hd30# mount /dev/mirror/m0s1a on / (ufs, local, read-only) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) /dev/mirror/m0s3a on /etc (ufs, local) /dev/mirror/m0s3d on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates) hd30# boot0cfg -v /dev/mirror/m0 # flag start chs type end chs offset size 1 0x80 1: 0: 1 0xa5 1022:254:63 16065 16418430 2 0x00 1023: 0: 1 0xa5 1020:254:63 16434495 16418430 3 0x00 1021: 0: 1 0xa5 704:254:63 32852925 455539140...

...nly access to /dev/ar0: %id uid=1004(bztest) gid=1004(test) groups=1004(test), 5(operator) %ls -l /dev/ar0 crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 21 Nov 23 17:34 /dev/ar0 - Now, the device ar0 has the standard mbr installed: %cmp /dev/ar0 /boot/mbr /dev/ar0 /boot/mbr differ: char 447, line 1 - The boot0cfg program does not have any setuid bits: %ls -l /usr/sbin/boot0cfg -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7940 Oct 26 22:47 /usr/sbin/boot0cfg - The test user now uses boot0cfg to install the boot0 bootblock: %boot0cfg -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ar0 %cmp /dev/ar0 /boot/mbr /dev/ar0 /boot/mbr differ: char 13, line...

Dear friends: I decided to go out and buy the latest issue of Linux Format with the FreeBSD 6 CD. I am very glad I did. FreeBSD is tough to install, but after spending several hours I finally succeeded in doing a perfect installation. ONE BIG PROBLEM: When I removed the CD and rebooted, I got into my Windows XP (I have two separate disks, one for Windows, one of FreeBSD). There was no way to get

...> waits on somebody to push F1 . . . . "Brad" replied: > It should automatically boot the last partition you > selected to boot (after a few seconds). Specifically, it will boot on its own after 10 seconds (unless you changed the "ticks" setting via the "boot0cfg" command). See "man boot0cfg" for more details. > You have to have a bootloader to take the next step > in starting your computer (loading the OS). True, but if a system will only be running FreeBSD (and only from a single partition), there are a few ways to reduce o...

Hi I just did a system update and after I've rebooted it doesn't boot up any more. All I'm getting is a blank screen with a curser blinking at the top left corner of the screen. This system was running 7.0-STABLE Any ideas as to how I can get it back up? Regards Reinhold

I was doing some regression testing in 5.5: Specifically testing booting up a 'virgin' hard disk from a clean install. I was testing what happened if the 300 second timeout happened vs hitting <return> for 'fast+insecure' startup and punching in a bunch of random garbage. I found that for some reason, on a 2.4Ghz Celeron, the 'sysctl -a' and 'date' seeding

The first release candidate of the 9.1-RELEASE release cycle is now available on the FTP servers for amd64, i386, and powerpc64. The MD5/SHA256 checksums are at the bottom of this message. The ISO images and, for architectures that support it, the memory stick images are available here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/9.1/ (or any of the FreeBSD mirror sites). Current