/boot/loader question

Simon 'corecode' Schubert corecode at fs.ei.tum.de
Tue Nov 30 14:28:27 PST 2004


On Tuesday, 30. November 2004 22:40, walt wrote:
> My question:  is there any inherent limitation in /boot/loader
> which would prevent loading the kernel from a logical partition?

yes: loader doesn't contain the needed logic to find and use a non-primary 
slice. can you try manually setting the boot device in loader to the right 
device? if that doesn't work, somebody needs to hack loader to support it (or 
not)

cheers
  simon

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