Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 12:45:41 +0200 From: "Jochim Kuebart" <joa@delos.lf.net> To: "Doug White" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, "Joachim Kuebart" <joa@delos.stuttgart.netsurf.de> Cc: "Dave Hummel" <HUMMDN36@buffalostate.edu>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: boot from floppy only Message-ID: <199704041048.MAA00237@shire.domestic>
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> > 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? Emm.. My setup seems to be a bit "non-standard": I did't know b had to be the swap device and ended up with this setup: a: /usr b: / c: unused e: swap Believe it or not, the problem I reported is the only problem I notice... > > > 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. I think I can't supply a slice name on the 'kernel' line, can I? By now I solved the problem: I used a fixit.flp and disklabel -e and my slice names are back to normal. (Try to do this with DOS :-)))) I didn't even get the idea to try it until Wolfgang Helbig advised me to do so)!!! But - I don't want anybody to feel the fear I went through while doing so - days of configuration, hours of downloading.... :-) But now it seems OK... c u JO
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