Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 14:57:28 -0500 From: "Havener, Kevin" <Kevin.Havener@afccc.af.mil> To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Booting from 2nd disk Message-ID: <E55BC5FC7AA9D211A00F00104B07D7DB4B671A@thor.afccc.af.mil>
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I'll re-verify this when I get home, but I did see this variable set in some file under /boot. Thanks, I'll let you know if it works. Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Alejandro Ramirez [SMTP:ales@megared.net.mx] > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 2:39 PM > To: Havener, Kevin; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Booting from 2nd disk > > 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 <Kevin.Havener@afccc.af.mil> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > 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: > > <disk1s1a:> 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
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