Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 21:03:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@code.hu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5-RELEASE generic kernel panics looking for mythical sd1a root Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960807210218.216C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608071201.MAA00898@CoDe.CoDe.hu>
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On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Gabor Zahemszky wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Aug 1996, James E. Leinweber wrote: > > > > > Bravo! The kernel duely informed me that the syntax to force it to use the BIOS > > > device 1 (i.e, the SCSI disk in a two disk IDE + SCSI computer) is: > > > > > > 1:sd(0,a)kernel > > Well, another question, from another person: > what does the 1: means? (On my 2.1R machine's man 8 boot, there isn't anything > about it, only controller(unit,part)/filename.) The 1: is a new addition to the boot blocks that, if I remember right, specifies the device or controller ID. I'm not sure, I've never used that syntax. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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