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From: mld@netcom.com (Matthew Deter)
Subject: I'm tired of typing hd(1,a)/386bsd everytime I boot! [FreeBSD]
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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 1994 08:44:26 GMT
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I have FreeBSD 1.0.2 on my 486 box, with C: (in the BIOS config) as an
IDE and D: is where the 1542 patches in its BIOS. The IDE is OS/2,
the SCSI is FreeBSD. Everything is peachy except that the bootblock
defaults to the IDE controller/device. I have to manually point the
bootstrap code to my SCSI disk (as per the note displayed on boot).
I tire of this. (been doing it for a few weeks now!) How do I
rewrite the bootblock so that it *defaults* to the SCSI drive? Do I
use "disklabel?" Must I be in single user mode?
Advice sought! I don't want to blow away my boot block and have to
do a reinstall... :-) (and be no better off!)
I grep'd the FAQ but didn't find this one covered (or in the index).
Thanks!
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