Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 13:24:30 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Liotta, Bob" <bLiotta@USCO.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Moving the boot device. Message-ID: <200003061824.NAA02342@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <A1335534778DD311991300A0C9F3B3F212001F@ntnau220.usco.com>
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On 06-Mar-00 Liotta, Bob wrote:
>
> I currently have a system that looks as follows:
>
> wd0 Windows 95
> wd1 FreeBSD.
>
> I would like to remove the wd0 device. I know that there is issues with
> booting. The system
> will still look for wd1 as the boot device and have trouble mounting it. I
> am aware of the /etc/fstab table.
> Changing the values there does not fix the problem. This looks like
> something that is stored on the
> disk. Any help would be appreciated.
What version of BSD? If 3.x, you can set bootdev in the loader to get the
machine up and running ('set bootdev=disk0s1a' will probably work). Then
for a permament fix, recompile your kernel, updating the 'config kernel on wd1'
line to say 'config kernel on wd0'.
> Bob
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