From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 3 23:20:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02240 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:20:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA02227 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:20:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id XAA27330 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:20:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA21326; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:18:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 23:18:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Terry Eck cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to boot from hard drive using install boot disk 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 Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Terry Eck wrote: > Is there any way to boot a root partition located on the hard drive > using the install boot disk. I have / mounted on wd0s4. I've used > the fixit disk to mount / under /mnt and looked at the files. > Can anyone tell me what to enter at the boot prompt. It should > be something like "0:wd0s4 /kernel". Under linux I've been able to > boot from the install disk using "linux root=/dev/hda4" and I'd > like to do the same thing with FreeBSD. The reason is I've installed > the base system and it refuses to boot directly from the hard disk. > If I'm not making myself clear, could someone please let me know > and maybe I can rephrase my problem. Actually, you want wd(0,a)/kernel That should work...._should_. :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major