Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:54:59 -0700 From: "Geoffrey D. Davis" <gdavis@lmi.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Boot Problems Message-ID: <v03110700b3abf14932c7@[207.33.49.7]>
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Hello, I am running FreeBSD 3.2 stable. Before booting, I get "Invalid Partition" and a prompt for the disk and kernel [ie, 0:da(0,a)] which requires a manual entry. I would like to have this boot up automatically, but, unfortunately I have inherited a disk with no "a" partition. The root filesystem is labelled as /dev/da0s1e (which I enter at the prompt to boot correctly). What I have tried 1. I created a /boot.config file with the entry: 0:da(0,e)kernel Result: This was summarily ignored. 2. I tried to run disklabel -e da0 and *edit* the "e" partition to "a". (BTW, the cylinders are sequential where "e" partition is 0-8, swap 8-24, and /usr 24-xx, so I don't think I'll be over-writing data to edit the partition label) Result: Disklabel complains that the partition is moving and will not let me save the edit. Any suggestions on how to get this to boot automatically either by letting the kernel know it should boot from the "e" partition, or renaming the "e" partition to "a"? Thanks in advance, Geoffrey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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