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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 13:45:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Default boot partition
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On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Ben Smithurst wrote:

> I'm having a bit of trouble getting FreeBSD to load the kernel from the
> right disk slice. Basically, wd0 is as follows
> 
> wd0s1 : DOS partition
> wd0s2 : DOS Extended partition
> wd0s3 : FreeBSD  root fs
> 
> (most stuff is on wd2). When I choose to boot FreeBSD (I use os-bs as
> the boot manager) the default boot is
> 
> 0:wd(0,a)kernel
> 
> Sure, typing 0:wd(0,c)kernel works fine, but how do I make this the
> default?

Why on earth is your kernel on the C partition?  It should be on the a
partition.  Did you disklabel  your machine in a wierd way?  Can I see
your /etc/fstab?

The bootblocks figure out which slice to use automatically; thus why you
have to be careful having two FreeBSd slices on one disk.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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