Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:05:56 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Alexander Zatserkovniy <avz@dvo.ru> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel boot from EFI partition. How to point real root partition? Message-ID: <FC103D4A-E571-4EA3-910A-C5D57B5D754E@xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <443A24E3.3000607@dvo.ru> References: <443A24E3.3000607@dvo.ru>
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On Apr 10, 2006, at 2:26 AM, Alexander Zatserkovniy wrote: > Hi! > > HP-RX2600 (2xItanium2) > > > > EFI loader, kernel has copied from Live CD on EFI partition. Loaders > "lsdev" show only EFI partition. So in currdev, rootdev I can point > only > it. > > Kernel loading and I get prompt to point root partition by hand. Put > ufs:ad0s2b at the prompt and system loaded. > > Is a way to point ad0s2b as parameter for the kernel? Just create a file called loader.conf and add the following line to it: vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/da0s2b" Put the file where the loader.efi binary is. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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