Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:28:50 -0600 From: hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootloader and slice c Message-ID: <m11wSuY-000QiyC@hawkins.cba.uni.edu> In-Reply-To: Message from Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> "of Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:04:56 %2B0200." <24518.944816696@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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sheldon shuddered,
> > 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.
It's 3.3-RELEASE, all right. I'll check the pages when I get home.
Thanks.
And thenk I get to figure out kde . . . I certainly don't need it, and
my 8 year old turned out to be quite capable of shift-alt-f1-ing her
way to a console to give the three-fingered salute and using the
bootloader to get windows for her games. But I need a reboot icon for
my wife :)
I've insisted on internet access only through freebsd, and not windows.
Eventually, I may even break down and get vmware to run windows 3.1
within freebsd--i assume my k6-200/64mb can produce 486 speeds within
it . . .
thanks again
rick
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