Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 19:24:48 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: loader prompt seems strange Message-ID: <19990902072820.WBEU2478302.mta2-rme@wocker>
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I've been reading man loader (don't ask why) and I've found the following
bit of trivia:
prompt Value of loader's prompt. Defaults to ``${currdev}>''.
When I interrupt the loader countdown, I'm presented with a prompt of
"disk1s1a:>". The machine in question contains three SCSI drives
(da0/da1/da2).
Why does the prompt disk1? If I issue an "ls" command, I see what I
consider to be da0. Is the prompt one-based, whereas the disks are zero-
based?
cheers
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