Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:31:33 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems mounting root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129213037.1248i-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B3D335A@EXCHANGE>
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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > Oh, I always talk to myself. Ah, okay. > >At the end of the probe sequence you should either: > >1. Have the line: > >config kernel root on wd2 > > Ahh, I already have this line in my kernel config, but it appears > near the top of the config file, before any of the device stuff. Would this > be the reason that it is getting ignored? Also, will this override the > default boot string, currently '1:wd(1,a)/kernel'? No, it should be picked up. Do you have anything in /boot.config? > I can actually get the thing to boot if I enter 1:wd(2,a)/kernel at > the boot: prompt, but I can not get it to remember this string as the > default. I've tried using nextboot without success. The boot prompt always > gives 1:wd(1,a)/kernel as the default. Okay, if you want to make it the default, drop that string in the file /boot.config. 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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