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Date:      Sat, 2 Sep 2000 09:02:04 EDT
From:      JDBitters@cs.com
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        JDBitters@cs.com
Subject:   4.1-STABLE BOOT SLICE PROBLEM
Message-ID:  <e3.95ba093.26e2544c@cs.com>

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Recently, I copied a 4.1-20000813-STABLE installation to a larger disk.

I used /stand/sysinstall to create a "dangerously dedicated" disk and to
custom label it.  Thereafter, I mounted the new slices on temporary
mount points on the old disk and copied the folders and files using
Midnight Commander.  It all works like a charm with one exception.

My problem is that the root "/" partition installed on the "s1e" rather
than the "s1a" slice The s1a slice does not exist on this disk.

This results in an "invalid partition" message upon boot up, followed by
unsuccessful attempts to boot into the nonexistent s1a slice.  However,
I am able to manually enter the correct slice and boot loader info.

I understand that booting into the s1a slice is default behavior.  I am
tempted to use boot0cfg but am apprehensive because of the
"dangerously dedicated" type of installation.

Reviewing the boot and boot0cfg manuals has not given me a solution.

Any ideas?

Thank you!


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