From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 12 18:12:32 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6553016A503 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1686113C469 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:12:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (zion.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.7]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l0CICGJd007928; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:12:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Jo Rhett Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:12:01 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200701121216.25185.jhb@freebsd.org> <1D170045-5A43-4C93-AFDC-19C44CEDB0F5@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <1D170045-5A43-4C93-AFDC-19C44CEDB0F5@svcolo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701121312.01585.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.1]); Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:12:17 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/2437/Thu Jan 11 18:59:09 2007 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any real documentation of the boot2 prompt? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:12:32 -0000 On Friday 12 January 2007 12:37, Jo Rhett wrote: > Okay, let me make this really clear. My BIOS doesn't tell me which > drive is which, and the BIOS of the 3ware card doesn't tell me what > number the drive is going to be labeled either. > > I need some command I can run from the freebsd CD to tell me what > freebsd observes. > > Like I mentioned before, lsdev only showed me a single drive. Then the 3ware BIOS doesn't let the boot software see your second drive, so there's no way to load /boot/loader off that drive since boot2 and the loader both rely on the BIOS to talk to drives. End of story. -- John Baldwin