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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:44:04 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: rootdev problems with /boot/loader.
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010227144404.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010227214100.A850@tao.org.uk>

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On 27-Feb-01 Josef Karthauser wrote:
> I've got a bootable filesystem that although it's installed in the first
> slice on a disk the kernel/bootloader tries to mount /dev/ad0s2a as the
> root filesystem.  I'm scratching my head as to why.  Any ideas?
> It should be mounting /dev/ad0s1a automatically.
> 
> The following are set by /boot/loader:
>       rootdev=disk1s1a
>       currdev=disk1s1a:
> 
> Joe.
> 
> p.s.  This image is being booted via /dev/md0 in vmware.  What I'm
> trying to work out is whether it's a bug in either of these parts.

What does 'lsdev' show.

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