Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 23:51:08 +0200 From: Juergen Leising <a0037@stud.uni-bayreuth.de> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: switching boot drive Message-ID: <19990617235108.A2155@jl2.hnet.de> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990616211745.vagner@vetex.vetex.com>; from vagner@vetex.dhis.org on Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 09:17:45PM -0700 References: <XFMail.990616211745.vagner@vetex.vetex.com>
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On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 09:17:45PM -0700, vagner@vetex.dhis.org wrote: > I recently installed 3.2 on another system and > added the ppo support for the zip drive > now when i try and boot it starts to boot > from da1 which is correct now that the > zip is da0 but i get a message saying > switching to da0s1a and then a message > saying cannot mount root and a reboot > is gonna happen. > > what file do i need to edit so it dont > switch back to da0 on me during boot I faced approximately the same problem and solved it by inserting into /boot/loader.rc the following: set root_disk_unit=1 (assuming your zip keeps the first drive (0) and your root resides on the second one (1) > or how do i make it so the zip is > seen as da2 (prefferred) the latter I don't know. Bye, Juergen. -- ***************************************************************** * Juergen Leising, E-Mail: juergen.leising@stud.uni-bayreuth.de * * http://www.stud.uni-bayreuth.de/~a0037/ * ***************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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