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Date:      Tue, 2 Jan 1996 11:37:18 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot from sd1?
Message-ID:  <199601020107.LAA02611@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199512300245.TAA06357@seagull.rtd.com> from "Don Yuniskis" at Dec 29, 95 07:45:04 pm

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Don Yuniskis stands accused of saying:
> 
> Greetings!
>      For 2.1.0R, given:
> wd0 -- MS-DOG
> wd1 -- FBSD 2.1.0R
> sd0 -- *more* MS-DOG stuff
> sd1 -- FBSD 2.1.0R (a *different* filesystem hierarchy)
>     How do I manage to boot from sd1?  It seems that wd1 intercepts
> whatever incantation I use (sd1, hd1, etc.)

You can't, unless you have a BIOS that supports booting from a disk other
than the first or second.  If you do, try hd3.

> don

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