From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 3 08:21:52 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43EC4106564A for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 08:21:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbigniew2011@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ie0-f182.google.com (mail-ie0-f182.google.com [209.85.223.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8EEC8FC0C for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 08:21:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ieak10 with SMTP id k10so16024662iea.13 for ; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:21:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=KLLUw2Hm9/OWXwvVen5YeEsYOtB3MOFkbmNq1EZIbgw=; b=Bq4PIzO7ZGTqstLoZN6bnI2zW9g/xY5fmcXnWavhVASsu1juk/9LNJvMNE+uPRQCgk W/jbuk9iFR9XHD8ndESfY0jQTx+k7oVeLzZ5KIG0JIgIl5eJDPhTs022xuqqhN1Y5Z9y qjNU17hyqzZcQFKjEQVlJOBuKNPQoA3VZ5BcitZ3jb2tgptJFhG22Ed6Oyzzgzyd5fq4 7efzW/b8kJutDccUSvOYc6wruYVdPVN3cz0FpBMNPNV3c/IYVnFtM+wzKcYE+ckVPLMI LIOk4o3bzgDd2H0F10d1NyCoF2txzjXEp58ySCWsHvUG9c+TzTgQFWEx13p7U7OYjm81 zbjQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.246.69 with SMTP id lx5mr958769icb.11.1349252511377; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:21:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.9.99 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 01:21:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A.C7.22740.91D9B605@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> References: <4A.C7.22740.91D9B605@smtp01.insight.synacor.com> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 08:21:51 +0000 Message-ID: From: Zbigniew To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: A problem with loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:21:52 -0000 2012/10/3, Thomas Mueller : >> installed recently 9.0 - and I've got a little problem: while booting, >> "loader" somehow gets incorrect currdevice value, stopping boot >> process. It does get "disk1s6a", but it should be "disk1s7a". I can >> boot system, when I set currdev "manually", then type "boot". > >> But how can I change it for steady, avoiding this typing each time? Of >> course, loader won't read its config files, when not having access to >> root directory. How can I pass the proper value to loader immediately? > >> Maybe the fact, that I'm booting FreeBSD using GRUB, can be of any help? > Which GRUB are you using, legacy (0.97) or GRUB2? "Legacy" GRUB 0.97. > Are you sure you specify the partition correctly in GRUB? > > Partition numbering starts from 0 in GRUB legacy but from 1 in GRUB2. Well, it seems so; it's booting at least to loader's shell, and - besides - it doesn't allow me to select partition "6", as non-existing. But what about any possibility to pass the proper value for currdisk to loader? -- regards, Z.