Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 12:55:34 PST From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Vincent Ramos <vince@natserv.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing freebsd Message-ID: <9702132055.AA14263@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Feb 1997 23:06:40 PST." <Pine.BSI.3.94.970210230529.923E-100000@localhost>
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> This is fairly normal on combination IDE/SCSI systems. Boot the boot > floppy and type > > sd(0,a)/kernel > > At the boot: prompt, assuming FreeBSD is on the disk identified as sd0. > > Once you get up, rebuild your kernel and change the 'kernel' line in the > configfile to match the location of the kernel. > Wouldn't it be easier to copy the linux method of selecting the root device with rdev when its built into the kernel? Is there a way to specify simple boot options (like root filesystem) without having to rebuild the kernel? -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom
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