From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jan 19 17:39:01 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA08545 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 17:39:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chmls11.mediaone.net (chmls11.mediaone.net [24.128.1.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA08523 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 17:38:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from veldy@visi.com) Received: from rover (h-178-1.mn.mediaone.net [209.32.178.1]) by chmls11.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA11197; Tue, 19 Jan 1999 20:35:43 -0500 (EST) From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" To: "Mike Smith" , "John Saunders" Cc: Subject: RE: Booting -current with new loader Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 19:36:45 -0600 Message-ID: <000e01be4415$56c97d80$0264a8c0@rover.mn.mediaone.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <199901192232.OAA01127@dingo.cdrom.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FYI. That had no affect for me at all. I was able to pass the kernel the rootdev by: boot -rootdev kernel but then I had a problem when it came time to mount root as read/write. It mounted read-only successfully and then bailed because it couldn't remount as read/write. num_ide_disks=-1 seemed to have absolutely no affect at all. Tom Veldhouse veldy@visi.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Smith > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 4:33 PM > To: John Saunders > Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Booting -current with new loader > > > > The only solution I have is bypass the loader all-together, but I really > > wanted a splash screen :( Or possibly use config to make my second disk > > appear as wd1 instead of wd2 (not tried yet because I consider > it an ugly > > hack). > > Try "set num_ide_disks=-1" in the loader. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message