Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 03:30:02 -0800 (PST) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/16047: /kernel.DEFAULT won't boot on a newly installed 3.4 BSD system Message-ID: <200001111130.DAA03200@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/16047; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> To: swilson@tfn.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/16047: /kernel.DEFAULT won't boot on a newly installed 3.4 BSD system Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:22:49 +0200 On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 04:06:19PM -0800, swilson@tfn.net wrote: > > i installed my FreeBSD 3.4 system after about 3 attempts (most of the > problem of the first attempts was that i was filling up the / drive). > so, when i finally get it installed, i reset my computer, and the boot > process starts, and identifies the drives as A, B, C, D, E and than > says a couple of more things (i don't remember exactly what). and then, > it says something like Default: 0:wd(1,e)/kernel (which i take to mean > the first device, partition 1, slice e). > Does mean: first BIOS drive, second wd drive, partition E (in BSD terms). See the boot(8) manpage for details. > so i put, 2:wd(1,e)/kernel (i have 3 wd drives, and one cdrom on the > first device as slave). and it still says something like can't find > kernel. > i booted with the fixit boot disk and mounted the drive (/dev/wd2s1e) > and made sure that kernel was there (both /kernel and kernel.DEFAULT > are there, and they are the same - verified by diff). > if it is any relevance, i specified bsd to use my whole disk (the > option that doesn't allow for any other operating systems - not > exactly sure what it is called). > > any help would be appreciated. > To boot from the secondary IDE master, you should use 2:wd(2,e)/kernel. -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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