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Date:      Sat, 26 Dec 1998 01:22:31 -0500
From:      Timothy J Luoma <public+FreeBSD@fdt.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   installed on sd2a, changing boot device in BIOS
Message-ID:  <199812260622.BAA00637@ocalhost>

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Hi folks

Well I've just finished a fresh install (my first) off the 2.2.7 CDs (should  
have been 2.2.8 but Amazon.com sent the old ones).

I installed on sd2a, expecting to change the boot device to sd2a using the  
Adaptec BIOS (2940a U).

It gets to the boot prompt, and then says "can't find kernel" :-(

My guess is that I ought to be able to give it some command there to help it  
find the kernel, but I'm not sure what that would be.

I tried a few variations but none of them seemed to work for me (all said  
the same thing: can't find kernel).

I've got a perfectly working setup using sd0a for Win95, and sd1a for  
OpenStep (aka NeXTstep ver 4) and wanted to keep FBSD separate on its own  
drive.

Is this possible?  I chose "dangerously dedicated" when doing the install,  
to ignore the disk geometry message which I didn't understand, plus I want to  
devote this drive (1gig) entirely to FreeBSD.

Thanks for any pointers

TjL



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