From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 3 02:04:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88D9D106566C for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 02:04:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp2.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C7C38FC08 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 02:04:10 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=wepa5GFi9fuhH+8EBqHP2UzC26RtS/EzwubQp0dC2Nc= c=1 sm=0 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=AzGFy5pUc10YQaGo4kIA:9 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=AcdsImxJPJ9Yo6Ye3TGm+Q==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp01.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp01.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.134.34.76 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.134.34.76] ([74.134.34.76:35115] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id 4A/C7-22740-91D9B605; Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:04:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:04:09 -0400 Message-ID: <4A.C7.22740.91D9B605@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Zbigniew Subject: Re: A problem with loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:04:11 -0000 from Zbigniew : > installed recently 9.0 - and I've got a little problem: while booting, > "loader" somehow gets incorrect currdevice value, stopping boot > process. It does get "disk1s6a", but it should be "disk1s7a". I can > boot system, when I set currdev "manually", then type "boot". > But how can I change it for steady, avoiding this typing each time? Of > course, loader won't read its config files, when not having access to > root directory. How can I pass the proper value to loader immediately? > Maybe the fact, that I'm booting FreeBSD using GRUB, can be of any help? > -- > regards, > Zbigniew Which GRUB are you using, legacy (0.97) or GRUB2? Are you sure you specify the partition correctly in GRUB? Partition numbering starts from 0 in GRUB legacy but from 1 in GRUB2. Tom