Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:36:32 -0500 From: hawk2@hawkins.cba.uni.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: bootloader confused betweesn wd0c1 and wd0a1 Message-ID: <m12lHV5-0010dLC@hawkins.cba.uni.edu>
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It all used to work with 3.2, but the problem started when I upgraded to 3.3, and stayed with 3.4. It wants to boot freebsd from slice 1 rather than slice 3. WIth 3.2, it remembered to use slice 3, but since the upgrade, it reports "invalid partition", and I have to manually enter "wd(0,c)" (or something similar; I can't send this from that box :) on every boot. Then all was well. Now it has suddenly decided (without my having changed any hardware, nor logged in as root or toor for weeks) that it wants to change the root device to wd0s1a during boot. It announces that it's switching the root device to wd0s3a, but wdstart fails repeatedly when it tries for wd0s1a--as it should; wd0s1 is a tiny linux partition from forever ago. How do I convince it to use slice 3 again? thanks rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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