Maybe boot in another OS, mount the FreeBSD partition and do a detailed listing of /boot/loader to see why you are getting the message "boot: loader: not a config directory" ?
i messed up while installing freebsd into a dual os wannabe system.
Now, how do i del it( so i wouldn't get prompted to choose freebsd during boot?)so that i could try installing a different flavour of linux?
cheers:eek: (1 Reply)
i'm following the, "How to setup and secure Snort, MySQL and Acid on FreeBSD 4.6 Release" off of the snort.org website.
in the documentation it says snort should be installed through the following:
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make -DWITH_MYSQL -DWITH_FLEXRESP ; make install
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later it says to do the... (13 Replies)
Say for instance, I would like to reduce the delay/waiting time for the boot-time menu from 10 seconds to 5 seconds, how would I go about doing it?
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hello,
i have a problem installing a d-link dwl-510 wireless network card on freebsd 4.8
first, i already successfully installed a dwl- 500 (which is a pcmcia card in a pci card) by adding just a few simple lines to my /etc/rc.conf
pccard_enable="YES"
pccard_mem="DEFAULT"... (0 Replies)
Forgive the newbie question. I've been trying to install FreeBSD 5.4 on a new AMD64 based box at work today, and I started running into problems. Maybe some background is appropriate? Here goes...
I've finished the first stage of development of a model in C++ which simulates airflow through a... (1 Reply)
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Hello
So i got my hands on some freebsd iso, installed it in a qcow2 image and installled git and bash.
So far, so good.
Git repositry retireved
install script executed
files got copied
files have exec flag
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But still,... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
bootctl
BOOTCTL(1) bootctl BOOTCTL(1)NAME
bootctl - Control the firmware and boot manager settings
SYNOPSIS
bootctl [OPTIONS...] status
bootctl [OPTIONS...] list
bootctl [OPTIONS...] update
bootctl [OPTIONS...] install
bootctl [OPTIONS...] remove
DESCRIPTION
bootctl checks, updates, installs or removes the boot loader from the current system.
bootctl status checks and prints the currently installed versions of the boot loader binaries and all current EFI boot variables.
bootctl list displays all configured boot loader entries.
bootctl update updates all installed versions of systemd-boot, if the current version is newer than the version installed in the EFI system
partition. This also includes the EFI default/fallback loader at /EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI. A systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is
created if there is no current entry. The created entry will be added to the end of the boot order list.
bootctl install installs systemd-boot into the EFI system partition. A copy of systemd-boot will be stored as the EFI default/fallback
loader at /EFI/BOOT/BOOT*.EFI. A systemd-boot entry in the EFI boot variables is created and added to the top of the boot order list.
bootctl remove removes all installed versions of systemd-boot from the EFI system partition, and removes systemd-boot from the EFI boot
variables.
If no command is passed, status is implied.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
--path=
Path to the EFI System Partition (ESP). If not specified, /efi, /boot, and /boot/efi are checked in turn. It is recommended to mount
the ESP to /boot, if possible.
-p, --print-path
This option modifies the behaviour of status. Just print the path to the EFI System Partition (ESP) to standard output and exit.
--no-variables
Do not touch the EFI boot variables.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
SEE ALSO
Boot loader specification[1] systemd boot loader interface[2]
NOTES
1. Boot loader specification
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/BootLoaderSpec
2. systemd boot loader interface
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/BootLoaderInterface
systemd 237BOOTCTL(1)