Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 21:05:15 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: bra@fsn.hu Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: root_disk_unit Message-ID: <20030412.210515.27187828.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0304121831490.32409@scribble.fsn.hu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0304121831490.32409@scribble.fsn.hu>
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Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> writes:
: Hello,
:
: Is it possible that the root_disk_unit variable doesn't work in CURRENT?
: I am trying with a CURRENT from 10, April without the effects it should
: provide.
:
: Already tried set root_disk_unit="1" in the loader and the
: root_disk_unit="1" in /boot/loader.conf and /boot/defaults/loader.conf.
:
: The machine boots from da0, it doesn't care about this variable.
:
: What did I do wrong?
I know that on -stable, setting root_disk_unit=2 in /boot/loader.conf
allows us to boot off of 'ad2' on some of the embedded boxes that have
a CF slot on them that is ad2... However, I've not tried this on
stable.
You might want to try setting root_disk_unit at the ok prompt.
Warner
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