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From: David E. O'Brien <obrien@relay.nuxi.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Issues with SCSI boot and PS/2 mouse
Date: 31 Jan 1997 13:01:01 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
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Brian F. Angus <brangus@netrus.com> wrote:
: Hi,
: I am trying to automate my freeBSD boot process.
: I have 2 disks - 1 IDE and 1 SCSI. In order to boot freeBSD which is
: on the SCSI disk, I have to enter a special boot command (as per the
: instructions)
:
:
: 1:sd(0,a)kernel
:
: Is there a change in the sources (or any where else) that I can make to
: avoid typing this each time I boot the system.
The answer to this is a big YES!
I just did this and it works great (running 2.2-BETA).
1. install kernel sources (if you don't already have them installed).
2. backup /usr/mdec
3. cd /sys/i386/boot/biosboot
4. vi Makefile, uncommenting the line with "CFLAGS+= -DBOOT_HD_BIAS=1"
5. make
6. make install
7. disklabel -B sd0
So simple. Who ever thought ahead for this, was great.
--
-- David (obrien@{NUXI.com,FreeBSD.org})