From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 9 12:43:39 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B516116A403 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 12:43:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D2413C43E for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 12:43:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l49ChAHg078893 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 9 May 2007 13:43:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk from=m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk; sender-id=permerror; spf=permerror X-SenderID: Sendmail Sender-ID Filter v0.2.14 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk l49ChAHg078893 Message-ID: <4641C1DB.700@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 13:43:07 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070422) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gabriel Rossetti References: <46418067.4090406@evotex.ch> <4641AC29.1090301@web.de> <4641B3D1.1030605@evotex.ch> In-Reply-To: <4641B3D1.1030605@evotex.ch> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]); Wed, 09 May 2007 13:43:30 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.2/3223/Wed May 9 00:17:59 2007 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_POLICY_TESTING,DK_POLICY_SIGNSOME autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: Frank Wissmann , f-q Subject: Re: Can't get FreeBSD to boot automatically from RAID 5 system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 12:43:39 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Gabriel Rossetti wrote: > Frank Wissmann wrote: >> FreeBSD boots by default from the a-partition and IMK you can't change >> this. Try to setup your rootdev as disk0s1a instead of disk0s1d and it >> will work. >> >> Regards >> >> Frank >> > How can I do that? When I use sysinstall to create my partitions it > automatically create's it as da0s1d. If you ment to modify my > root_dev="disk0s1b" (in /boot/default/loader.conf) back to it's default > value (an a-partition) Then how is this going to help? Use: bsdlabel -e da0s1 You'll be dumped into an editor showing the existing disklabel. All you need to do is swap the 'a' and 'd' fields at the start of those two lines, or just change 'd' to 'a' if there isn't already an 'a' partition. Then edit your /etc/fstab to match. And reboot. Simple, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW, UK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGQcHb3jDkPpsZ+VYRA/NCAKCpekEMdQR8IRZjjSAT1tgkFvov9gCgq0ed P3Bx7Rv3qqILvCJUOirQszk= =1uKv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----