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Date:      Fri, 3 Sep 1999 09:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: i386/13547: FreeBSD will not boot after installing to /wd3 when /wd2 is a CD/DVD-ROM 
Message-ID:  <199909031610.JAA20501@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR i386/13547; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Beholder <beholder@unios.dhs.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/13547: FreeBSD will not boot after installing to /wd3 when /wd2 is a CD/DVD-ROM 
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 17:59:34 +0200

 On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 09:17:37 -0400, Beholder wrote:
 
 > >            set root_disk_unit=2
 > >            boot /kernel
 > 
 > This probably would have fixed the problem. 
 
 Huh? What does "probably would have" mean? Have you tried it or haven't
 you? :-)
 
 > However the installer didn't seem to do this automatically, which I
 > would consider a bug.
 
 Were the drives configured _exactly_ as they are now when you first
 installed?
 
 > Everything
 > installs perfectly, but the kernel isn't updated with the proper boot device
 > I guess.
 
 I'm not sure the kernel can be updated by sysinstall. ;-)
 
 > What confused me was the fact that the FSTAB had the proper mount
 > points, but when the system booted it had a message:
 
 The loader doesn't use the fstab.
 
 Later,
 Sheldon.
 


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