Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:56:18 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-hackers.e471b2@mired.org> To: Daniel Gerzo <danger@rulez.sk> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: Forcing boot to seek for files on other parition then `a' Message-ID: <17187.25746.157318.605055@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <1494707485.20050911002426@rulez.sk> References: <1567405732.20050910234315@rulez.sk> <17187.23528.480983.263363@bhuda.mired.org> <1494707485.20050911002426@rulez.sk>
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In <1494707485.20050911002426@rulez.sk>, Daniel Gerzo <danger@wilbury.sk> typed: > Ahoj omyl Mike, > > Sunday, September 11, 2005, 12:19:20 AM, si odoslal: > > > Daniel Gerzo <danger@wilbury.sk> typed: > >> How to force boot procedure to automatically seek boot images on > >> other partition then `a', let's say on `e' one. > > > If you google the archives at FreeBSD, you'll find that this is a > > PITA, assuming it's possible at all. No particular reason for it, just > > not something anyone has ever wanted to do. Someone may have fixed > > this since the last time I saw it discussed, but I wouldn't bet on it. > > > So the fix is to boot on the fixit CDROM, fire up bsdlabel on your > > disk, and change the "e" to an "a", and boot off the a partition. > > oh, you know that dedicated boxes doesn't have CD-ROM and FreeBSD ISO > in it, and I don't have a roam KVM available? Also, there's no netboot > server available :/ Sorry about that - I didn't read your message carefully enough. > So maybe I could hack sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot2.c somehow?, but I'm not > a C knowledgeable and it's little bit mess for me. Well, if you can get the disk someplace where you could install a recompiled boot loader, then you can use bsdlabel on it. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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