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