Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 17:38:09 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "George Morgan" <gemorga2@vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loader, "3rd Stage"... Message-ID: <199904100038.RAA01587@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Apr 1999 20:32:38 EDT." <199904100032.UAA32515@sable.cc.vt.edu>
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> What is the purpose of the "Loader" in FreeBSD 3.x (I assume it > appeared first in 3.0???) > > I have helped with several installs and the "loader" never seems to > be set up find the root slice... I have reconfigured at least one of > those systems in the /boot.config file to use the second level boot > program to load from the correct location. > > Are their plans to document the loader? I plan to set up all > systems that I help install to use the second level boot program > since this is the only way I know how to do it.. You might try the loader(8) manpage, and the online help in the loader. It would help if you actually detailed the problem you're having, I suspect that "help set root_disk_unit" would probably tell you everything you need to know. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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