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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.239.17.140!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsrelay.courtave.net!polo.iquest.com!vespucci.iquest.com!dougal From: dougal@vespucci.iquest.com (Dougal Campbell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How to boot from sd1? Date: 19 May 1997 16:02:40 GMT Organization: interQuest Online Services -- Huntsville, AL Lines: 29 Distribution: world Message-ID: <5lptj0$5io$1@polo.iquest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vespucci.iquest.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41196 How can I boot from sd1, without installing a bootloader on sd0? This is related to my previous post about booting from my JAZ drive. Here's my setup: Controller: Adaptec 2940UW sd0: Quantum 2G, SCSI ID 0 (Win95 FAT32) sd1: JAZ 1G, SCSI ID 4 (FreeBSD 2.2.1 "Dangerously Dedicated") When I configure the 2940 to use the JAZ as the boot disk, it brings up the boot prompt. If I let it continue the boot process, it bombs out with an error stating that it couldn't mount /dev/sd0 as root. If I provide "0:sd(1,a)kernel" at the boot prompt, everything boots up just fine. How can I make that the default boot config? The mount problem seems to occur inside the kernel, since it happens after detecting my hardware, so I tried poking around in the kernel source to see what I could find. But, I just haven't found what I'm looking for. My hope is to be able to boot alternate OSs from my JAZ by simply specifying it as my boot disk from the 2940 BIOS setup. Even better would be an easily configurable boot loader on sd0 which is capable of booting from alternate disks (I used to do that with lilo on an all IDE system). -- Dougal Campbell | "If you ever get close to a human, or human behaviour Systems Manager | You better be ready to get confused...." ADViCOM: Hsv, AL | -- "Human Behaviour", Bjork dougal@advicom.net | ADViCOM: Internet Solutions Provider www.advicom.net