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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How to boot from sd1?
Date: 20 May 1997 09:42:52 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5lptj0$5io$1@polo.iquest.com>,
dougal@vespucci.iquest.com (Dougal Campbell) writes:
> How can I boot from sd1, without installing a bootloader on sd0? This is
> related to my previous post about booting from my JAZ drive. Here's my
> setup:
>
> Controller: Adaptec 2940UW
> sd0: Quantum 2G, SCSI ID 0 (Win95 FAT32)
> sd1: JAZ 1G, SCSI ID 4 (FreeBSD 2.2.1 "Dangerously Dedicated")
>
> When I configure the 2940 to use the JAZ as the boot disk, it brings up the
> boot prompt. If I let it continue the boot process, it bombs out with an
> error stating that it couldn't mount /dev/sd0 as root.
>
> If I provide "0:sd(1,a)kernel" at the boot prompt, everything boots up just
> fine. How can I make that the default boot config?
RTFM nextboot :)
[.....]
> --
> Dougal Campbell | "If you ever get close to a human, or human behaviour
> Systems Manager | You better be ready to get confused...."
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--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !