From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 12 22:29:00 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 7C52116A416 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:29:00 +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 2BE1A13C459 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:28:59 +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 l0CMSuOK009719; Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:28:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Jo Rhett Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:50:57 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200701121312.01585.jhb@freebsd.org> <730921C3-A2DD-43AA-87BA-E3063C0FF75F@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <730921C3-A2DD-43AA-87BA-E3063C0FF75F@svcolo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701121650.57971.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 17:28:56 -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 22:29:00 -0000 On Friday 12 January 2007 16:12, Jo Rhett wrote: > > On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:12 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > >> 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. > > Okay, that's what I suspected. So booting from CD and using "lsdev" > at the loader prompt really is the best/only way to confirm what the > BIOS provides? Yep, aside from any details the BIOS may choose to share with you via POST messages. :-/ -- John Baldwin