Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 22:19:30 -0400 (EDT) From: john hood <cgull@smoke.marlboro.vt.us> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Is there a way to prompt for boot device? Message-ID: <199709200219.WAA13122@smoke.marlboro.vt.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970919174919.20260V-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970919174919.20260V-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
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Jaye Mathisen writes: > ie, my kernel might have sd8 as the root device, but for other reasons, > when I boot, I might want sd0 as the root device. > > I thought the -r or -a options would do it, but that's not quite what I > expected. at least in 2.2.2, boot -a works only if you have the kernel configured with "swap generic", which i think is not generally recommended, though i can't remember why. --jh -- John Hood cgull@smoke.marlboro.vt.us Predictably, they all eventually wandered away, rubbing their bruises and brushing mud out of their hair. Some went off to work for the ESA, launching much smaller rockets into low orbits, while others elected to sit on their front porches drinking Jim Beam from the bottle and launching bottle rockets from the empties. [Jordan Hubbard]
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