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From: uphya001@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de (Lars Koeller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: please help me boot to sd0 w/o using hd(1,a)/kernel.
Date: 18 Jan 1996 13:44:42 GMT
Organization: University of Rostock, Germany
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To: buffalo@albany.net (mando)
In article <4dj0cb$bdp@lori.albany.net>,
buffalo@albany.net (mando) writes:
>I'm new to freeBSD and have gotten as far as being able to compile a new kernel
>but I can't get it to boot directly to sd0. in the Kernel config line I
>changed wd0 to sd0 now it doesn't try to boot wd0 it tries to boot sd1.
>I would appreciate any help you can give me. This operating system looks very
>promising so far.
>
>email: buffalo@albany.net
>
>
Hi!
Take a lock in the Handbook (/usr/share/doc)! If I remeber correct
there is a solution of the problem. Another good place is
/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/boot.c! Dont forget to install the new bootblock
with disklabel!
Lars
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