From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 12 16:56:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ixion.honeywell.com (ixion.honeywell.com [129.30.4.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E27DB153F1 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:56:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sleas@ixion.honeywell.com) Received: by ixion.honeywell.com (1.40.112.8/16.2) id AA005861207; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:53:27 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:53:27 -0500 From: Shawn Leas To: Doug White Cc: "Donald J . Maddox" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stupid question (worked around) Message-Id: <19990412185327.A160@ixion.honeywell.com> References: <19990409215138.A3005@dmaddox.conterra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug White on Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 11:00:50AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Weird, when using tools under an existing install, I was only allowed to create labels of 4e and 4b. When booting from the floppy, I could prepare for a standard install on partition 4 and create slices a and b respectively. What's more, that was the ONLY way to get the (whichever stage) loader to even find /boot/loader. You know, I think the boot process is real nice, but needs to be thoroughly documented. A Bootloader-Hacking-HOWTO would be real nice. On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 11:00:50AM -0700, Doug White wrote: > On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Donald J . Maddox wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 09, 1999 at 04:10:53PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Shawn Leas wrote: > > > > > > > I'm a little new at the FBSD bootloader scheme. > > > > Having said that, I cpio'ed my / over to a different > > > > partition with softupdates enabled. > > > > > > > > Now, I need to have a bootloader on wd0s4e, and > > > > I want it to boot wd0s4e:/kernel by default. > > > > > > > > Right now, I have to boot the old root, interrupt it, > > > > and set currdev=disk1s4e, then boot. > > > > > > There's a neat file called /boot/boot.conf you stuff this into. See 'man > > > boot' or 'man btx' for info. > > > > Don't do that. /boot/boot.conf is deprecated. Use /boot/loader.rc > > instead. If it's a -current system, the mechanism has changed > > considerably, and you should have /boot/loader.conf.local that > > handles this type of thing. > > Stop changing the config filenames! Even I'm getting confused, much less > the rest of the world! -- Shawn <=========== America Held Hostage ===========> Day 2273 for the poor and the middle class. Day 2292 for the rich and the dead. 649 days remaining in the Raw Deal. <============================================> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message