From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 10 8:29:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from viper.uni.edu (viper.uni.edu [134.161.1.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2EDE14BD5 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:29:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu) Received: from hawkins.cba.uni.edu ([134.161.248.148]) by uni.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #40224) with ESMTP id <01JJC0G3WUOK8WWFHS@uni.edu> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:28:51 CST Received: from hawkins.cba.uni.edu (really [127.0.0.1]) by hawkins.cba.uni.edu via in.smtpd with esmtp (ident hawk using rfc1413) id (Debian Smail3.2.0.102) for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:28:50 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:28:50 -0600 From: hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu Subject: Re: bootloader and slice c In-reply-to: Message from Sheldon Hearn "of Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:04:56 +0200." <24518.944816696@axl.noc.iafrica.com> To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 (debian) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu (319) 266-7114 http://eyry.econ.iastate.edu/hawk These opinions will not be those of UNI until it pays my retainer. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message