Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 10 Dec 1998 21:51:01 -0800
From:      Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Peter.Fogg@worldnet.att.net
Subject:   Re: Wrong boot default
Message-ID:  <3670B2C5.668D8BA7@seattleu.edu>
References:  <366EA3D9.9707BF68@worldnet.att.net> <367016A6.C802E47D@seattleu.edu> <3670ABA2.D8D31AAF@worldnet.att.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I don't have the experience to help you from here on, so I'll send this back to
the list (please CC me next time.)

Peter Fogg wrote:
> 
> Eric Hodel wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> 
> Thanks for the help, Eric. There is good news and bad news! The good
> news is that entering "1:wd(2,a)kernel" in the "/boot.config" file
> worked fine! The bad news is that when I ran UserConfig and disabled the
> devices I didn't want, things things don't work any more!! When I exited
> and saved from UserConfig, there was considerable writing to some hard
> disk. However, the subsequent boot process died a couple lines after the
> "boot:" line. I tried booting with the "-c" option involked and not
> involked, same result! The only option seems to be a hard reboot of the
> computer. I fear that the installation has been damaged and I'll have to
> reinstall everything, any thoughts?
> 
> Peter -

-- 
Eric Hodel
hodeleri@seattleu.edu

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3670B2C5.668D8BA7>