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Date:      Mon, 05 Oct 1998 16:42:34 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Viren R. Shah" <viren@rstcorp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: boot loader problems.. 
Message-ID:  <199810052342.QAA00720@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Oct 1998 17:35:58 EDT." <199810052135.RAA01302@jabberwock.rstcorp.com> 

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> [Let me preface this by saying that this is very probably my fault --
> I probably missed doing something]

No, it's a known problem.

> The loader can't figure out where it was loaded from -- thus it
> defaults to disk0 (floppy drive). I can change the currdev setting to
> disk1s3 and it boots up fine.

There's a problem where the boot arguments are being scrubbed off the 
stack in some cases.  I have systems where they come in fine, and some 
where they don't.  We're still looking at this one.
-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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