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Date:      Sat, 17 Jun 1995 17:57:56 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, hlew@genome.Stanford.EDU
Cc:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: 2.05R panics on boot
Message-ID:  <199506170757.RAA18958@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> Only one case can't possibly work: loading the bootstrap off a floppy
>> and then attempting to boot from a hard disk (e.g., by typing
>> sd(1,a)/kernel).  The boot code doesn't know about DM, so it won't
>> work if DM needs to be loaded.
>> 

>Right now the only way I can boot up FreeBSD system on the Ontrack DM 
>system is by using boot.flp and entering wd(1,a)/kernel.  This is very 
>annoying.  I have not tried and I doubt if I can access the msdos stuff 
>from FreeBSD for now.  

This seems to be the case that I said can't work.  Apparently wd1 doesn't
have Ontrack on it, but Ontrack on the boot disk adjusts for all disks.

Bruce



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