From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 6 05:13:52 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA14629 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 05:13:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peach.ocn.ne.jp (peach.ocn.ne.jp [210.145.254.87]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA14436 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 05:13:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dcs@newsguy.com) Received: from newsguy.com by peach.ocn.ne.jp (8.9.1a/OCN) id WAA11550; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:13:08 +0900 (JST) Message-ID: <36935747.2A39852D@newsguy.com> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 21:29:59 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: pt-BR,ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Smith CC: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble booting from WinNT with new boot loader References: <199901052317.PAA01625@dingo.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith wrote: > > You need "set num_ide_disks=1" in /boot/boot.conf; you can also break > to the loader commandline and issue the command directly to test it out > first. This has just become a FAQ... Where is (is?) num_ide_disks documented? Also, Nordier's (Nordier's?) "new boot blocks" tutorial ought to mention it. Finally... Is it possible to make it not-necessary? -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com "Heart like a Gabriel, pure and white as ivory, soul like a lucifer, black and cold as a piece of lead." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message