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Date:      Thu, 13 Feb 1997 12:55:34 PST
From:      "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Vincent Ramos <vince@natserv.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installing freebsd 
Message-ID:  <9702132055.AA14263@gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 10 Feb 1997 23:06:40 PST." <Pine.BSI.3.94.970210230529.923E-100000@localhost> 

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> This is fairly normal on combination IDE/SCSI systems.  Boot the boot
> floppy and type
> 
> sd(0,a)/kernel
> 
> At the boot: prompt, assuming FreeBSD is on the disk identified as sd0.  
> 
> Once you get up, rebuild your kernel and change the 'kernel' line in the
> configfile to match the location of the kernel.
> 


Wouldn't it be easier to copy the linux method of selecting the root
device with rdev when its built into the kernel?


Is there a way to specify simple boot options (like root filesystem)
without having to rebuild the kernel?

-- 
marty
leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com  
Member of the League for Programming Freedom





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