Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 10:56:22 +0100 From: "John O'Farrell" <john@o-farrell.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Joe Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installing FBSD on a second hard disk. Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970505105622.00f7c688@mailhost.pavilion.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199705050126.KAA24782@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> References: <19970504094140.07712@pavilion.net>
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Of course I tried using the bootstrap prompt, with the following result; Error D:0X81 C:0 H:0 S:0 Error D:0X81 C:0 H:0 S:0 Error D:0X81 C:0 H:0 S:0 scrolling endlessly off the screen Thanks all the same. John At 10:56 05/05/97 +0930, you wrote: >Josef Karthauser stands accused of saying: >> >> What would be really cool is if I could could have a scsi disk with >> freebsd on, which I could change the id on and still have freebsd find >> it's root partition. What would it take to make this happen. (Point >> me in the direction of the right place in the kernel source and I'll >> take a look my self if everyone else is too busy.) > >You could try reading the prompt emitted by the bootstrap, which reads : > >Use 1:sd(0,a)kernel to boot sd0 if it is BIOS drive 1 > >> Joe > >-- >]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ >]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ >]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ >]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ >]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ > > -- John O'Farrell mailto:john@o-farrell.com http://www.o-farrell.com/ +44 (0)1273 709144
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