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Date:      Thu, 30 May 1996 11:40:44 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Jian-Da Li <jdli@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: boot with multiple freebsd partitions 
Message-ID:  <24760.833481644@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 May 1996 02:19:07 %2B0800." <199605301819.CAA28604@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> 

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> 	I guess that the boot block is looking for kernel in the first
> 	BSD partition, which causes problem in this case.

Yes, the boot blocks always seek out the first partition of type 0xA5
and try to find the root partition on it.

> 	So, will our boot block become smarter someday ?!

Mmmmmmmaybe.. :-)

					Jordan



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