Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 15:52:36 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "John Saunders" <john.saunders@scitec.com.au> Cc: "FreeBSD current" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Booting 3.0-RELEASE in a non-standard setup Message-ID: <199812072352.PAA00886@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Dec 1998 16:04:56 %2B1100." <002901be219f$21d16400$6cb611cb@saruman.scitec.com.au>
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> If you press any key the /boot/loader file will be started > and it won't work properly in the case where the BIOS > drive number doesn't match the wd drive number. So never > press a key, let the boot block load the kernel directly. It will actually work in any case where the bootstrap works; you may need to set $num_ide_disks to correct the offset in the same fashion that you set the X: parameter. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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