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Date:      Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:17:30 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Joachim Kuebart <joa@delos.stuttgart.netsurf.de>
Cc:        Dave Hummel <HUMMDN36@buffalostate.edu>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot from floppy only
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970403171634.279E-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970403025629.1996D-100000@delos.stuttgart.netsurf.de>

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On Thu, 3 Apr 1997, Joachim Kuebart wrote:

> I have another question on the same topic:
> My bootstrap code refuses to remember my
> 	wd(0,b)/kernel

B?  I think you meant wd(0,a)/kernel since you can't boot a swap slice.
Or wd(1,a)/kernel?

> line I enter every time. This is a bit of a drag. When I booted from a
> fixit floppy it got it rihgt the first time.
> Maybe I should tell you that I believe I have BootEasy installed as well:
> When I boot there is something that says
> 	Boot:	[F1]  BSD
> 	Default: F1
> 
> How do I make the kernel remember the slice it's on? :-(

What is the error you're getting from the kernel?  You can fix this
somewhat by twiddling the 'kernel' line in your kernel config line.

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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