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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: please help me boot to sd0 w/o using hd(1,a)/kernel.
Date: 19 Jan 1996 22:45:08 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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buffalo@albany.net (mando) writes:
> I'm new to freeBSD and have gotten as far as being able to compile a
> new kernel but I can't get it to boot directly to sd0. in the
> Kernel config line I changed wd0 to sd0 now it doesn't try to boot
> wd0 it tries to boot sd1. I would appreciate any help you can give
> me. This operating system looks very promising so far.
printf("\n>> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x%x: %d/%d k of memory\n"
"Use hd(1,a)/kernel to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed.\n"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Usage: [[%s(%d,a)]%s][-abcCdhrsv]\n"
"Use ? for file list or press Enter for defaults\n\nBoot: ",
ouraddr, bootinfo.bi_basemem, bootinfo.bi_extmem,
devs[maj], unit, name);
--
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. ;-)