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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!feeder.chicago.cic.net!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!nntp1.crl.com!polo.iquest.com!vespucci.iquest.com!dougal From: Dougal Campbell <dougal@vespucci.iquest.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to boot from sd1? Date: 23 May 1997 15:27:44 GMT Organization: interQuest Online Services -- Huntsville, AL Lines: 43 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5m4d1g$kh9$1@polo.iquest.com> References: <5lptj0$5io$1@polo.iquest.com> <5lrrms$l8u@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: vespucci.iquest.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970424; i386 FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41409 Brian Somers <brian@shift.utell.net> wrote: > 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 :) Okay, I did. And I tried it. And it won't work. I assume because my disk is "dangerously dedicated", and there's a note in the nextboot manpage that sounds like it might not be compatible with that. My next trick was to try messing around with /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/boot.c, recompiling the boot loader files, and using "disklabel -B sd1". But I couldn't get that to work either (due to lack of knowledge of just how all the boot logic works). I guess I'm just going to have to wipe the drive and reinstall with partition compatibility, then try nexboot again. I'm glad I finally broke down and bought the CD. Installing over a PPP connection was starting to get annoying. So.... When is somebody gonna port LILO to FreeBSD? LILO rocks! ;) -- Dougal Campbell | "If you ever get close to a human, or human behaviour Systems Manager | You better be ready to get confused...." ADViCOM: Hsv, AL | -- "Human Behaviour", Bjork dougal@advicom.net | ADViCOM: Internet Solutions Provider www.advicom.net