From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 13 16:49:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA01004 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 16:21:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06965 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 1998 15:38:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA22323; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:03:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:03:12 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Eric Hedstrom cc: NWebster , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help :o) In-Reply-To: <34B5C626.A7EBF594@compecon.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 8 Jan 1998, Eric Hedstrom wrote: > hi neil, > i have been meaning to ask a similar question. > > my system does this too unless i type in the name of the kernel and the > partition on which it lives at the freebsd boot: prompt. i don't remember > the exact syntax off the top of my head, but mine is looking for the > third scsi drive when i only have two scsi and one ide, with freebsd > living on the second scsi drive. > > so check the default boot entry and make sure it matches the drive > where freebsd is really installed. > > everybody: how can i change the default boot entry so it looks at the > right drive? Drop a /boot.config file with the desired string in it. ie: sd(0,a)/kernel Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major