Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 11:47:59 -0400 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "Bret Ford" <bford@uop.cs.uop.edu>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Booting from a different controller Message-ID: <199810091548.LAA20485@laker.net>
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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
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