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 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809121344230.19785-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980911185806.A5315@scientia.demon.co.uk>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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