From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 3 17:17:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA03005 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:17:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA02988 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:17:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA00309; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:17:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:17:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Joachim Kuebart cc: Dave Hummel , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot from floppy only In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Joachim Kuebart wrote: > I have another question on the same topic: > My bootstrap code refuses to remember my > wd(0,b)/kernel B? I think you meant wd(0,a)/kernel since you can't boot a swap slice. Or wd(1,a)/kernel? > line I enter every time. This is a bit of a drag. When I booted from a > fixit floppy it got it rihgt the first time. > Maybe I should tell you that I believe I have BootEasy installed as well: > When I boot there is something that says > Boot: [F1] BSD > Default: F1 > > How do I make the kernel remember the slice it's on? :-( What is the error you're getting from the kernel? You can fix this somewhat by twiddling the 'kernel' line in your kernel config line. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major