Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 12:50:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@pk.she.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BootEasy does not boot from the right disk (2.2.5-RELEASE) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980403124900.10860J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <l03130300b14a482f1d49@[194.45.219.71]>
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On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Christoph Sold wrote: > Done. Works like it should. Now do you have some pointers about the > BootEasy bootmanger source? I'd really like to fix this once and for all, > since a lot of people stumble across that pitfall. The source (in assembler) is in tools/src on the FTP site or CDROM. It's in the bteasy* archive. > > >Move the disk to the primary controller. If you don't want to do that, > >you're going to get the obligatory ``can't mount root''. > > Must have something to do with the shortcomings of good ol' PC achitecture. > > >If you really really want to have the disks split, then follow these > >instructions: > > > >1. Have the line: > >config kernel root on wd2 > > Would this prevent booting this kernel from wd0? No, I don't think so. I haven't experimented with that line very much. > >in your kernel config, > >OR: > > > >2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the > >original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other > >parameters unchanged). > > Well, although this should work, it would prevent me to ever move anything > to wd(1,a), wouldn't it? wd1 == second IDE disk in system to the boot BIOS. If you decide to ever add a disk to the first controller, then you would need a rebuild. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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