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Date:      Sun, 29 Oct 2000 01:36:54 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Jesse <j@lumiere.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: setting default boot partition
Message-ID:  <14843.54166.514593.518260@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010281754030.1282-100000@localhost>
References:  <14843.14493.986631.472285@guru.mired.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010281754030.1282-100000@localhost>

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Jesse writes:
> > Jesse writes:
> > > Hi,
> > > Anyone know how I can change my default boot partion to ad0e?
> > Yes - go through the entire boot sequence and change all the places
> > where it assumes that the boot partition is a to be e.
> What do you mean by go through ahd change it?

Just what I said - you need to find everywhere where it's set to a,
and change it to e.

> I can't find anywhere I can specify what the boot partition should be.

I don't believe it's something you can specify. Therefore, you need to
do it in the sources.

> > Since you don't have an an a partition, it's probably easier to use
> > disklabel to add an a partition that's a copy of the e partition, and
> > then use the (new) a partition. That's what I wound up doing, anyway.
> I ended up simply relabeling e as a and it worked, but I'd like to know
> for future reference when I *do* have an a partition.

Well, I'd recommend you avoid that situation. If you do get into it,
you can just swap the a partition and the "real" boot partition.

	<mike


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