From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 2 19:44:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA25633 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 19:44:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeep.ti.com (news.ti.com [192.94.94.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA25627 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 19:44:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from lesol1.dseg.ti.com ([157.170.147.17]) by gatekeep.ti.com (8.6.13) with ESMTP id VAA11151 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 21:44:12 -0600 Received: from sc10.dseg.ti.com (sc10.dseg.ti.com [172.25.34.214]) by lesol1.dseg.ti.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id VAA17228 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 21:44:12 -0600 Received: from localhost by sc10.dseg.ti.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA20480; Sun, 2 Mar 97 21:47:03 CST Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 21:47:01 -0600 (CST) From: Terry Eck To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to boot from hard drive using install boot disk In-Reply-To: <199703030251.VAA12237@daisy.snet.net> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Is there any way to boot a root partition located on the hard drive using the install boot disk. I have / mounted on wd0s4. I've used the fixit disk to mount / under /mnt and looked at the files. Can anyone tell me what to enter at the boot prompt. It should be something like "0:wd0s4 /kernel". Under linux I've been able to boot from the install disk using "linux root=/dev/hda4" and I'd like to do the same thing with FreeBSD. The reason is I've installed the base system and it refuses to boot directly from the hard disk. If I'm not making myself clear, could someone please let me know and maybe I can rephrase my problem. Terry.. _____________________________________________________________________________ Terry Eck eck@sc10.dseg.ti.com //// Hukt on Foniks Rilly Wurkt Fer Mee! ////