Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:50:27 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: sos@freebsd.dk, rnordier@nordier.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to add a new bootdevice to the new boot code ??? Message-ID: <199903172050.WAA01481@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <36F000B5.E87D2BF3@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at "Mar 18, 99 04:21:25 am"
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Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > "Søren Schmidt" wrote: > > > I know you most certainly could not possibly have forgotten that, > > > but it's the kind of thing that just *must* be mentioned... > > > /etc/fstab? > > > > Nope thats not it, been there too :) > > Ok, I have a clue... bootdev can be different from rootdev. I don't > know where this makes a difference, but it makes... :-) In loader, you can have a default device (currdev), but load from a different device (loaddev) and pass a third device to the kernel (rootdev). In the simple case of booting from ad0, all the default settings would be correct, though. > Also, make sure you don't have any root_disk_unit or num_ide_disks > set. A num_ide_disks setting is used only where the major# indicates a SCSI device, so it wouldn't affect things. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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