Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 09:21:19 -0500 (EST) From: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <jeffrey_m._metcalf@ccmail.bms.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: metcalf@snet.net Subject: How does the 'boot' command know the default boot device? Message-ID: <9701258568.AA856893185@ccgate0.bms.com>
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Hello,
I was wondering how the 'boot' command which begins the FreeBSD
bootstrap procedure knows what the default boot device is? I
currently have the problem that whenever I try to boot my
FreeBSD 2.1.5 system, the default boot device is set to 'fd(43)',
which does not exist. This causes a spontaneous reboot of the
computer and forces me to have to type the following to the boot
prompt every time I want to start FreeBSD
boot: wd(0,a)/kernel
I currently have two IDE hard drives, wd(1) being primarily a
backup to the main drive on wd(0).
The wd(0) device used to be the default boot device when I ran
FreeBSD 2.1.0 on a system with a different hd on wd(1). After
I changed my hard drive on wd(1) and updated to FreeBSD 2.1.5, I
have been left with the nonexistent fd(43) as the default boot
device ever since.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
J. Metcalf
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