Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 11:18:33 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss@subatomix.com> Cc: freebsd-small <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (Probably a) dumb question Message-ID: <200005191818.LAA09123@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 May 2000 11:30:07 CDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005191120550.5666-100000@lepton.subatomix.com>
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> On Wed, 17 May 2000, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote: > > > > So the basic problem is that the kernel isn't choosing > > fla0s1a as the root device. > > Well, I've just found that I can work around it by using the third stage > loader; I was previously trying to boot directly from boot2. I guess > boot2 is just too dumb to do the job. It's a shame, because loader is a > waste of space (IMHO) for many small FreeBSD applications. You're right, it is. You're aware that you can compile in a root path name? options ROOTDEVNAME=ufs:fla0s1a should do the trick. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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