Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:12:49 -0800 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any real documentation of the boot2 prompt? Message-ID: <730921C3-A2DD-43AA-87BA-E3063C0FF75F@svcolo.com> In-Reply-To: <200701121312.01585.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <E22808FA-5C42-443E-AA32-0DA3247077AC@svcolo.com> <200701121216.25185.jhb@freebsd.org> <1D170045-5A43-4C93-AFDC-19C44CEDB0F5@svcolo.com> <200701121312.01585.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:12 AM, John Baldwin wrote: >> Like I mentioned before, lsdev only showed me a single drive. > > Then the 3ware BIOS doesn't let the boot software see your second > drive, > so there's no way to load /boot/loader off that drive since boot2 and > the loader both rely on the BIOS to talk to drives. End of story. Okay, that's what I suspected. So booting from CD and using "lsdev" at the loader prompt really is the best/only way to confirm what the BIOS provides? And thanks for taking the time to answer all of this, I deeply appreciate it. -- Jo Rhett senior geek Silicon Valley Colocation
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