Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:00:42 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Alpha multiboot: is it possible? Message-ID: <XFMail.991212140042.jdp@polstra.com>
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I have an Alpha with one disk and two root filesystems. The root
filesystems are on da0a and da0f. I want to be able to boot either
one, but I can't seem to find the magic recipe to boot from da0f.
From man loader, I would expect this to work at the loader prompt:
unload
set currdev=disk0f
set rootdev=disk0f
load /kernel
boot
That loads the correct kernel (the one on da0f) but the kernel still
thinks its root filesystem is da0a. I tried adding
set boot_askname
and (next try)
set boot_askname=true
in an attempt to get the kernel to let me tell it which root
filesystem to use. That had no effect. I also tried adding "-a" to
the boot command, again with no effect.
Is this just broken, or am I doing something wrong?
John
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John Polstra jdp@polstra.com
John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA
"No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up." -- Nora Ephron
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