From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 7 10:49:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA26461 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:49:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA26454 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:49:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA08650; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:48:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:48:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Sean J. Schluntz" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI Booting Problem under v2.2.1, please help. In-Reply-To: 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 Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Sean J. Schluntz wrote: > > Rebuild your kernel, modifying the 'kernel' line to point to the proper > > disk. ALso, if a ide controller is in this computer, disable it. > > Ok, but what do I set the kernel line to? Mine looks like this: > > config kernel root on sd1 > > My kernel is on sd1s2a (See below about what I have to type at the boot: to > get it running. That would be correct. > Also, the primary IDE controller is turned off, the secondary is on for use > with the IDE CD-ROM, but that does not affect my boot. That is very unusual and is probably confusing the heck out of the boot code. > > > 0:sd(1,a)/kernel >From what I understand, you're probably stuck doing this until some pending documentation emerges. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major