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Date:      Wed, 13 Jan 1999 22:00:48 +0100 (CET)
From:      Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>
To:        Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /boot/loader problem with unusual setup.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9901132159180.13861-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
In-Reply-To: <19990113161942.A9800@matrix.42.org>

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On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a problem with the new /boot/loader. My Disk-setup may be a bit
> unusual, though.
> 
> I have 2 scsi-disks and one ide disk. Setup as follows:
> 
> Bios Drive no.| Type | Content
> 0             | SCSI | Windows
> 1             | SCSI | (mixed)
> 2             | IDE  | FreeBSD
> 
> When I currently boot, i get BootEasy from Drive 0, where i press F3 for
> disk 2. There i get the old FreeBSD-loader on which i boot with:
> 
> 2:wd(0,a)/kernel
> 
> which works like a charm so far.
> 
> Now, if I boot 2:wd(0,a)/boot/loader I get to the new loder.
> 
> Here i do:
> 
> set currdev=disk3s1a:
> load /kernel
> boot 
> 
> which boots the kernel, and panics with 'cannot mount root'.
> 
> What else do I have to change ?

Where ${rootdev} points to? Shouldn't you set it accordingly to disk3s1a:?

Andrzej Bialecki

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