Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 08:34:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Christopher Hall <hsw@acm.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <199811251634.IAA00611@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Nov 1998 14:40:26 %2B0800." <199811250640.OAA01720@hsw.generalresources.com>
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> > In message <199811240210.SAA01652@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes: > >... > >> What should rootdev be set to when booting da0s1a with one IDE drive? > > > >Ignore $rootdev and instead set $num_ide_disks to 1. > > > > That works, thanks. > > Another question: Is there any way to boot DOS from /boot/loader? > Perhaps using some Forth code? Not trivially. Install the boot0 module or booteasy, and use that. By the time the bootloader has been invoked, you're well down the road towards running FreeBSD. -- \\ 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
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