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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!hookup!news.nstn.ca!tor.istar!east.istar!cyberlink.clo.com!news From: "Brian F. Angus" <brangus@netrus.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Issues with SCSI boot and PS/2 mouse Date: 25 Jan 1997 04:39:53 GMT Organization: Netrus Inc. Lines: 42 Message-ID: <01bc0a7a$73186e00$8caee1cc@bfa> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.225.174.140 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34500 Hi, I am trying to automate my freeBSD boot process. I have 2 disks - 1 IDE and 1 SCSI. In order to boot freeBSD which is on the SCSI disk, I have to enter a special boot command (as per the instructions) : 1:sd(0,a)kernel Is there a change in the sources (or any where else) that I can make to avoid typing this each time I boot the system. If I reboot the system the initial load of the kernel proceeds correctly, but the system halts when it officially attempts to mount the root partition. Due to this behavior, I cannot remotely reboot my system. Also, If I enable my PS/2 in the kernel config file, my console hangs when I boot. The system is otherwise functional. If I toggle numlock many times during booting (I read this somewhare) the console doesn't hang. Is there a fix? I do want my mouse for X-windows. Thanks in advance, Brian FYI: I am using a program called bootpart to start freeBSD from the NT bootloader. It works brilliantly for any O/S I have been able to throw at it.