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Date:      Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:10:40 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Christopher Hall <hsw@acm.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? 
Message-ID:  <199811240210.SAA01652@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:39:46 %2B0800." <199811240139.JAA09783@hsw.generalresources.com> 

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> >From a cvsup and make world at Sat 1998/11/21.
> I made/installed new boot blocks and /boot/loader.
> Made an ELF kernel, did not create a boot config file, just hit enter
> at the timeoout prompt. Booted OK.
> The system only had da0 and da1. wd0 was disconnected.
> 
> Problem occured when I reconnected wd0 (Primary IDE master).
> This has OS/2 boot manager - boot goes to the boot prompt.
>
> I can still boot properly with 1:sd(0,a)/kernel
> However, 1:sd(0,a)/boot/loader at the 'boot:' cannot boot properly.
> 
> The loader prompts: "disk1s1a>"  Which it lists as C: (IDE drive)
> (SCSI drives are shown as disk2 and disk3)
...
> What should rootdev be set to when booting da0s1a with one IDE drive?

Ignore $rootdev and instead set $num_ide_disks to 1.

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