Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 17:02:30 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble booting from WinNT with new boot loader Message-ID: <199901061502.RAA00693@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <36935747.2A39852D@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at "Jan 6, 99 09:29:59 pm"
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Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > You need "set num_ide_disks=1" in /boot/boot.conf; you can also break > > to the loader commandline and issue the command directly to test it out > > first. > > This has just become a FAQ... Where is (is?) num_ide_disks > documented? Also, Nordier's (Nordier's?) "new boot blocks" tutorial > ought to mention it. The "new boot blocks" tutorial limits itself to the "boot blocks": that is, the hidden first and second stages of the bootstrap which are written to the disk by disklabel(8). The /boot/loader program really falls into a separate category; and I can't speak with any authority on /boot/boot.conf settings as I've never worked on those parts of the code. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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