On August 19, 2016 7:47:36 AM EDT, [email protected] wrote: >So I installed new bootbocks and new boot code. What I need to do >now is force the system to boot from /dev/wd0a, swap to /dev/wd0b and >use /sbin/init without needing console interaction. What it does at >present at the end of the hardware probe (still in green screen) is >say that the boot device is unknown, then prompts for a root device >with /dev/ld0a as the default. If I disable ld* in autoconf then >the system proceeds to boot normally. Here is the relevant bit of ... >It must surely be possible to specify root and swap partitions >somewhere in a configuration file. But I have read and reread so >many man pages now that I think I must just be missing something >terroibly obvious.
It doesn't appear to be possible, but is disabling ld* works then you should be able to add that to boot.cfg as: userconf disable ld* If you build a custom kernel you can specify it there, but that's a bit of a pain, and easy to forget the next time you update. Eric
