From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 9 08:49:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA21585 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:49:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA21568 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:49:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-156.laker.net [208.0.233.56]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id LAA20485; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 11:48:47 -0400 Message-Id: <199810091548.LAA20485@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Bret Ford" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 11:47:59 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Booting from a different controller Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:11:21 -0700, Bret Ford wrote: >I've now got two SCSI controllers in my machine: An EISA Adaptec >and an ISA Adaptec. My boot device in on the ISA controller. (The EISA >controller and a fast scsi disk are new additions) My >question: how do I make the system boot from the ISA controller >automagically? Right now, I have to plug in my PC's monitor (I use a serial >terminal for FreeBSD) and enter '1:da(0,a)kernel -h' to get the put that string in a file called /boot.config >system to boot device 0 on the ISA card. I tried compiling and installing >new boot blocks (Installed with 'disklabel -B da0'). Maybe I didn't change >what needs changing? Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message