Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:54:29 -0700 (MST) From: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.net> To: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Boot - can't find kernel Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.981231154703.9170R-100000@voyager.dreamhaven.net>
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Greetings all, A friend of mine and I are in a bit of a pickle. We each run a FreeBSD machine (he runs 2.2.6-STABLE, I have 2.2.8-STABLE). We were doing a bit of drive swapping, including both machines' root drives. His went from IDE to SCSI, while mine stayed SCSI but went to a larger drive. We're both faced with the same problem, though: When we set up the labels (we put / and /var on the same drive but in separate sections), the disk labeler insisted on calling them sd0s1e and sd0s1f (aka sd0e and sd0f). The problem is that when the boot loader comes up, it looks for the kernel on sd0a, and of course, can't find it, and goes "help meeeeeee, I need a kernel" until someone types in "sd(0,e)kernel" at the console. I've tried 2 methods to solve this problem, and neither has worked. The first was to create a boot.config file with the line "0:sd(0,e)kernel" in it. Unfortunately, seeing as how the boot loader is trying to look in sd(0,a), it can't find that file either. The second was to issue this command from the shell: "nextboot -b /dev/rsd0 sd(0,e)kernel" That didn't seem to have any effect either, since when we rebooted, it still tried to look at sd(0,a), and of course, failed to find anything there. What I'm wondering is, is there any way at all to get the machines to default to sd(0,e)kernel ? My machine is now located about 750 miles away from me, and it would be difficult to walk down and type something in at the console if it dies... :) Thanks in advance for any help, and if you reply to the list, please also cc: me directly, as I will see it much sooner that way. Happy New Year, everyone! ********************************************************************** * Bryce Newall * Email: data@dreamhaven.net * * WWW: http://home.dreamhaven.net/~data * * "Insanity takes its toll. Please have exact change." * ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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