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Subject: Re: booting from sd5 when wd3 is also installed
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 14:39:46 -0800 (PST)
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> 
> 
> These changes should allow specifying the BIOS drive number independently
> of the FreeBSD unit number.  E.g., `9:sd(5,a)' describes the drive with
> BIOS drive number 9 and sd unit number 5.

Great stuff!
I was thinking of doing similar but hadn't spent any time on it
I anslo hadn't deided on a syntax...