-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Gabriel Rossetti wrote: > Frank Wissmann wrote: >> FreeBSD boots by default from the a-partition and IMK you can't change >> this. Try to setup your rootdev as disk0s1a instead of disk0s1d and it >> will work. >> >> Regards >> >> Frank >> > How can I do that? When I use sysinstall to create my partitions it > automatically create's it as da0s1d. If you ment to modify my > root_dev="disk0s1b" (in /boot/default/loader.conf) back to it's default > value (an a-partition) Then how is this going to help?
Use: bsdlabel -e da0s1 You'll be dumped into an editor showing the existing disklabel. All you need to do is swap the 'a' and 'd' fields at the start of those two lines, or just change 'd' to 'a' if there isn't already an 'a' partition. Then edit your /etc/fstab to match. And reboot. Simple, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW, UK -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGQcHb3jDkPpsZ+VYRA/NCAKCpekEMdQR8IRZjjSAT1tgkFvov9gCgq0ed P3Bx7Rv3qqILvCJUOirQszk= =1uKv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"