Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 10:44:54 -0800 From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> To: Peter.Fogg@worldnet.att.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wrong boot default Message-ID: <367016A6.C802E47D@seattleu.edu> References: <366EA3D9.9707BF68@worldnet.att.net>
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You can create a /boot.config file with "1:wd(2,a)kernel" in it to boot up properly, but I don't know if that will save your changes. Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu Peter Fogg wrote: > > Good morning all! > > I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE on a second drive in my Win > 95-based computer, the installation is on drive 1, wd2. I subsequently > installed Booteasy on drive 0 so I could optionally boot to Win 95 or > FreeBSD. However, when I choose "drive 2" from Booteasy, the kernel says > that the default boot drive is "1:wd(1,a)kernel" instead of > "1:wd(2,a)kernel"!! By the way, there is no wd1! > > Of course, if I enter "1:wd(2,a)kernel" at the boot prompt things work > fairly well. I say "fairly well" because when I use UserConfig to delete > unneeded devices from the hardware probe process, the program tries to > save the changes it to wd1, which doesn't exist, so changes made are not > saved. > > Could use some help. > > thanks, > > Peter- > Peter.Fogg@worldnet.alt.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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