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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kis.net!thor.atcon.com!apollo.isisnet.com!bellglobal.com!thunder.mgl.ca!bdd.net!matt From: matt@bdd.net (Matthew Stein) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Error on Boot : "Error: C:0 H:0 S:0" Date: 9 Oct 1996 21:40:18 GMT Organization: ButtonDown Digital Lines: 16 Message-ID: <53h643$u07@thunder.mgl.ca> References: <52oj41$3jg@thunder.mgl.ca> <530k74$8t@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: bdd.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Brian Somers (brian@anorak.coverform.lan) wrote: : > prompt, and scrolls this error repeatedly up the screen. If I enter : > "wd(1,a)kernel" at the first prompt, the machine boots perfectly. : By default, the machine will boot from the first FreeBSD physical partition : (slice). If your root partition is on the second disk, you'll have to : either keep typing wd(1,a) or change your boot blocks' default. Okay...how do I change the boot blocks' default? -- mat. +-Matthew Stein-------------------------------------------- matt@bdd.net-+ | Development phone: +1 519 823-8577 | | ButtonDown Digital fax: +1 519 823-9556 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+