From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Sep 3 9:10: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1649315D64 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id JAA20501; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199909031610.JAA20501@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: i386/13547: FreeBSD will not boot after installing to /wd3 when /wd2 is a CD/DVD-ROM Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/13547; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: Beholder Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/13547: FreeBSD will not boot after installing to /wd3 when /wd2 is a CD/DVD-ROM Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:59:34 +0200 On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 09:17:37 -0400, Beholder wrote: > > set root_disk_unit=2 > > boot /kernel > > This probably would have fixed the problem. Huh? What does "probably would have" mean? Have you tried it or haven't you? :-) > However the installer didn't seem to do this automatically, which I > would consider a bug. Were the drives configured _exactly_ as they are now when you first installed? > Everything > installs perfectly, but the kernel isn't updated with the proper boot device > I guess. I'm not sure the kernel can be updated by sysinstall. ;-) > What confused me was the fact that the FSTAB had the proper mount > points, but when the system booted it had a message: The loader doesn't use the fstab. Later, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message