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Date:      Sun, 17 Nov 1996 00:36:14 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users)
Cc:        charnier@xp11.frmug.org (Philippe Charnier)
Subject:   Re: can not change to correct boot device
Message-ID:  <199611162336.AAA04631@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199611161341.OAA00521@xp11.frmug.org> from Philippe Charnier at "Nov 16, 96 02:41:32 pm"

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As Philippe Charnier wrote:

> If I let him boot, it tries 1:sd(1,a)/kernel and fails at
> `change root to sd1a'. Entering 1:sd(0,a)/kernel is ok.
> 
> How can I do this in the kernel config file?

You can't.  You must do it in the bootblocks.

I think there's something from Julian around that would let you store
such a change automatically in the bootblock, but offhand i don't
remember any pointers to documentation for it.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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