Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 22:47:30 +0100 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk Message-ID: <19991111224730.A739@saturn.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <199911071957.LAA13619@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <19991107035454.B59629@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <199911071957.LAA13619@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, Nov 07, 1999 at 11:57:26AM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > Rootdev ought to work, actually. But if you get it wrong, the loader > > > will fall back to using currdev. > > > > Hmm then thats strange. I first tried rootdev, which didn't work, and > > then later currdev, which did work, and i believe i used the same value > > both times! Or was rootdev fixed only recently, the boot floppies i > > had lying around and tested this on weren't the latest... > > I thought rootdev was fixed a long time back. If it's not, please tell > me and I'll fix it again. 8) Alright I finally got around testing this with a later kern.flp (3.3-R actually), and it still didn't work. I also noticed rootdev isn't listed when i do a `show', but i guess thats not the problem as other variables didn't show up either... Oh and loader.help isn't on the floppy although there would have been enough free space for it. And loading the kernel from the floppy seemed a bit slow, although i didn't time it... Regards, -- Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de> (remove dot foo from address to reply) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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