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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.erinet.com!newsfeeder.sdsu.edu!sgigate.sgi.com!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: panic mounting root Date: 26 Jun 1996 19:06:45 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4qsjal$9p@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4qpq45$co3@news.cs.tu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Martin v.Loewis (loewis@cs.tu-berlin.de) wrote: : The kernel loads properly and recognizes all devices. It then panics because : it cannot find the root on sd(2,a). Initially, the boot manager told me that : it will load from wd(2,a). I found that explicitely stating hd(2,a) works. : The question now is: Can I make this setting persistent, or do I have to : specifiy it every time I boot FreeBSD? The last time I put FreeBSD on a second disk, the only way to make it stick was to adjust the boot blocks. Try changing /sys/i386/boot/biosboot/table.c to say char dflname[] = "hd(2,a)/kernel" You'll need to then "disklabel" the stuff onto your rwd0 device Dunno about the 2.2-RELEASE installation plans. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....