From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 3 11:59:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38AAF3E12 for ; Thu, 3 Feb 2000 11:59:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from ales (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.251]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA51293; Thu, 3 Feb 2000 13:37:59 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <029f01bf6e7e$5f1e0200$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx> From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Havener, Kevin" , References: Subject: RE: Booting from 2nd disk Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 13:39:22 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Try with "set root_disk_unit=2" without the quotes, and put this in "/boot/loader.rc" for keep booting the system without typing it again. Have Fun... Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Havener, Kevin To: Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 11:10 AM Subject: Booting from 2nd disk > In The Complete FreeBSD, 3rd ed, p102, Lehey says about the message: > "panic: cannot mount root" > > "You have two IDE disks, each configured as the master on their respective > IDE busses ... FreeBSD is on the second disk" Describes my situation > perfectly. > > "To tell the loader how to find it, stop it before booting and enter: > boot 1:wd(2,a)kernel" This works. > > However, he goes on to say: "You don't have to do this every time: once > you have determined the correct values to use, put the command exactly as > you would have typed it in the file /boot.config. FreeBSD uses the > contents of this file as the default response to the boot: prompt." Does > anyone know why this wouldn't work as Lehey describes. > > I start my boot from LILO, interrupt it immediately after I select FreeBSD > from my available OSes, type the command, except I just type the > "1:wd(2,a)kernel" without the "boot". It doesn't seem to like the "boot" > part. > I have tried it both ways in the boot.config file with no luck. I've been > unable to completely automate the booting of FreeBSD, is there something > else I'm missing? BTW, I've not had any luck doing this with either 3.2R or > > 3.4R, maybe the book describes an earlier boot process? > > Thanks, > Kevin > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message