Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 18:18:43 -0400 (EDT) From: David Coder <dacoder@dcoder.com> To: Todd Meister <todd@lmi.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting from da0s1e Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907291816530.10123-100000@doc.dcoder.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990729150915.todd@lmi.net>
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Todd Meister wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to get a hard disk to boot from / mounted on da0s1e, rather than > the typical da0s1a. I tried putting the line: > 0:da(0,e)/kernel > > in /boot.config, but that did nothing. > > I recompiled the kernel, changing > > config kernel root on da0 > > to > > config kernel root on da0s1e > > but nothing changed. It still uses 0:da(0,a)/kernel as default. > > Is there something very obvious that I'm missing? Yes, that /dev/da0s1e mounts by default on /var. There's nothing on that device that is useful for booting. dc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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