From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 8 19:35:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D051A1065679 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:35:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhay@meraka.csir.co.za) Received: from zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za (zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za [IPv6:2001:4200:7000:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 644108FC17 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:35:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za (Postfix, from userid 3973) id AF0F43982B; Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:35:40 +0200 (SAST) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:35:40 +0200 From: John Hay To: Peter Steele Message-ID: <20100208193540.GA53234@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB383B2699@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <20100208175621.GA43054@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB383B2775@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB383B2775@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: How can I force boot from alternate drive with boot.config? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:35:42 -0000 On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 12:13:20PM -0600, Peter Steele wrote: > > I use: ad(0p3)/boot/loader > > So, more precisely, if I wanted to boot from drive 1, I'd use this? > > 1:ad(1p3)/boot/loader Yes, unless there are more bugs hiding. :-) I fixed a few in August last year. John -- John Hay -- jhay@meraka.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org