Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:03:28 -0800 (PST) From: Dorin H <bj93542@yahoo.com> To: Dan Strick <strick@covad.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solved [Re: delete first partition XP and reformat as ufs -> kernel not found] Message-ID: <20031201210328.43218.qmail@web12608.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200312010555.hB15tslB000684@mist.nodomain>
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Sorry for replying again, but I succeed to press
"send" while editing the previous reply :((( (press
tab + space -> send, ooops)
I hope I included all the relevant information in my
previous reply.
To finish, I was wondering if I can specify in boot2
prompt which is the correct slice&partition to use for
booting.
If my assumptions are correct, in expression
0:ad(0,a)/kernel
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | |
| | | | - the path inside the partition
| | | |
| | | - partition in slice
| | |
| | - ??? is this the slice #, drive # ???
| - refers to driver
- refers to the disk unit
If no RTFM is available, point me to the source files.
I am not familiar with the FreeBSD kernel sources, but
I'll have no problem reading some code.
Thank you again,
/Dorin.
PS2. Does anybody has a clue why the FreeBSD
associates the slice # 2 (i.e. ad0s2) for the PT entry
4?
Initially, I had
MBR PT:
ad0s1 XP
- not used, reserved space
- not used, reserved space
ad0s2 FreeBSD (swap, /)
I have installed Debian swap and / in entries 2 and 3,
and the FreeBSD associated the (correct) numbers:
ad0s1 XP
ad0s2 Debian swap
ad0s3 Debian /
ad0s4 FreeBSD (swap, /)
^^
This made the FreeBSD boot process to fail until I
"fixit" the /etc/fstab to mount the correct root
partition. At that time, I was also unable to specify
in boot2 prompt (?) where my / is.
My opinion is that if the PT entry # corresponding to
the PT entry were used in the first place, this
problem will be avoid. Probably this reflects a
superficial view, but for a simple HDD configuration
this make sense to me. Thanks again for any
opinions/suggestions.
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