From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 5 02:59:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA15829 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 5 May 1997 02:59:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from florence.pavilion.net (mailrelay1.pavilion.net [194.242.128.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA15807 for ; Mon, 5 May 1997 02:59:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pegasus (dialup2-54.pavilion.co.uk [194.242.131.182]) by florence.pavilion.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA09168; Mon, 5 May 1997 10:58:33 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970505105622.00f7c688@mailhost.pavilion.co.uk> X-Sender: johnof@mailhost.pavilion.co.uk X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 10:56:22 +0100 To: Michael Smith From: "John O'Farrell" Subject: Re: Installing FBSD on a second hard disk. Cc: Joe Karthauser , FreeBSD Hackers In-Reply-To: <199705050126.KAA24782@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <19970504094140.07712@pavilion.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Of course I tried using the bootstrap prompt, with the following result; Error D:0X81 C:0 H:0 S:0 Error D:0X81 C:0 H:0 S:0 Error D:0X81 C:0 H:0 S:0 scrolling endlessly off the screen Thanks all the same. John At 10:56 05/05/97 +0930, you wrote: >Josef Karthauser stands accused of saying: >> >> What would be really cool is if I could could have a scsi disk with >> freebsd on, which I could change the id on and still have freebsd find >> it's root partition. What would it take to make this happen. (Point >> me in the direction of the right place in the kernel source and I'll >> take a look my self if everyone else is too busy.) > >You could try reading the prompt emitted by the bootstrap, which reads : > >Use 1:sd(0,a)kernel to boot sd0 if it is BIOS drive 1 > >> Joe > >-- >]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ >]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ >]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ >]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ >]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > > -- John O'Farrell mailto:john@o-farrell.com http://www.o-farrell.com/ +44 (0)1273 709144