Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:04:56 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootloader and slice c Message-ID: <24518.944816696@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Dec 1999 18:29:48 CST." <m11wDwS-000QfpC@hawkins.cba.uni.edu>
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On Thu, 09 Dec 1999 18:29:48 CST, hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu wrote: > After installing the kernel, and telling it to boot from (0,c)/kernel > rather than (0,a), the system forgets with each boot, and must be > told each time. This didn't happen with 3.2 with the same to a and b > slices, and the c slice containing FreeBSD in the exact same place . . . Which version of FreeBSD are you using? If it's 3.3-RELEASE, you shouldn't need to specify the boot slice this way at all. Have a look at the loader(8) manual page, particularly at the descriptions of the rootdev and root_disk_unit variables. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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