Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:10:40 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Christopher Hall <hsw@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader what to set rootdev to? Message-ID: <199811240210.SAA01652@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:39:46 %2B0800." <199811240139.JAA09783@hsw.generalresources.com>
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> > >From a cvsup and make world at Sat 1998/11/21. > I made/installed new boot blocks and /boot/loader. > Made an ELF kernel, did not create a boot config file, just hit enter > at the timeoout prompt. Booted OK. > The system only had da0 and da1. wd0 was disconnected. > > Problem occured when I reconnected wd0 (Primary IDE master). > This has OS/2 boot manager - boot goes to the boot prompt. > > I can still boot properly with 1:sd(0,a)/kernel > However, 1:sd(0,a)/boot/loader at the 'boot:' cannot boot properly. > > The loader prompts: "disk1s1a>" Which it lists as C: (IDE drive) > (SCSI drives are shown as disk2 and disk3) ... > What should rootdev be set to when booting da0s1a with one IDE drive? Ignore $rootdev and instead set $num_ide_disks to 1. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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