Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > (I changed subject line in the attempt to get more interest :) > > On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: >>> set currdev=disk0s4a >>> unload >>> boot /kernel -s >> Danke. This worked fine. > > Strange. But it only works for me when I use the "-s". > > I have tried setting currdev and rootdev.
Really? I'm working from memory now (my DFly box is busy compiling gnome for the third time in ten days, so I can't reboot it just now) but I recall that trying to set the rootdev gives me an error message in both DFly and FreeBSD. > And if I do not use the -s it > boots the kernel from harddisk but then still loads the LiveCD's > configuration... Again I am working from memory -- I hope I'm not confusing *BSD with the linux kernel -- maybe it would be worth a try to compile a new DragonFly kernel (even a generic kernel) to see if the name of the rootdev is compiled into the new kernel. I seem to recall that each kernel remembers the name of the rootdev it was compiled on. (But I may be thinking of linux.) Try grepping in /boot/loader.conf for 'root' and see if that gives you any ideas. And thanks for all your hard work for us DFliers!