From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 15 14:37:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA09934 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:37:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA09921 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:37:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA05094; Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:37:38 -0700 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:37:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Darren Edgerton cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to change default boot strings In-Reply-To: <199604141853.SAA15579@heimdall.iaccess.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Darren Edgerton wrote: > the default boot string is: wd(0,a)/kernel to boot off the first > drive on the first controller, however i really need to boot off wd1 and > therefore have to enter a boot string of: wd(1,a)/kernel > how do i make this the default boot string ? You don't want to, although I think some comments have been added to the appropriate location in -current. Try a boot manager, like OS-BS. They are available on the CDROM in \tools or on ftp.freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major