Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:10:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> To: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot0cfg Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1008171606040.1414@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <4C6A7606.7000600@nagual.nl> References: <4C6A7606.7000600@nagual.nl>
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > I dumped/restored the system to ad8 yesterday and booted from it. > The system *did* boot but (alas) the /dev/ads1a(f) slices were mounted. So, > the system loaded the *old* root partitions (from the first drive). After > googling and reading I think I need *boot0cfg* but I'm a bit scary to ruin my > new boot (ad8) drive. > > So, what is the exact syntax to make my system not only boot from ad8, but > also mount the /deb/ad8s1 slice as root slice? I'd try to set rootdev="disk8s1a" in /boot/loader.conf in /dev/ad8s1a since boot loader and kernel seem to be read from there. Before editing, please interrupt the boot sequence into command prompt mode and enter the command "lsdev" to have a look how the disks are enumerated by the boot loader. Best regards Konrad Heuer GWDG, Am Fassberg, 37077 Goettingen, Germany, kheuer2@gwdg.de
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