Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:50:57 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Jo Rhett <jrhett@svcolo.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any real documentation of the boot2 prompt? Message-ID: <200701121650.57971.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <730921C3-A2DD-43AA-87BA-E3063C0FF75F@svcolo.com> References: <E22808FA-5C42-443E-AA32-0DA3247077AC@svcolo.com> <200701121312.01585.jhb@freebsd.org> <730921C3-A2DD-43AA-87BA-E3063C0FF75F@svcolo.com>
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On Friday 12 January 2007 16:12, Jo Rhett wrote: > > On Jan 12, 2007, at 10:12 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > >> Like I mentioned before, lsdev only showed me a single drive. > > > > Then the 3ware BIOS doesn't let the boot software see your second > > drive, > > so there's no way to load /boot/loader off that drive since boot2 and > > the loader both rely on the BIOS to talk to drives. End of story. > > Okay, that's what I suspected. So booting from CD and using "lsdev" > at the loader prompt really is the best/only way to confirm what the > BIOS provides? Yep, aside from any details the BIOS may choose to share with you via POST messages. :-/ -- John Baldwin
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