Subject: Re: Odd dmesg log messages
To: Stephen Borrill <netbsd@precedence.co.uk>
From: Sarton O'Brien <bsd-xen@roguewrt.org>
List: current-users
Date: 12/10/2007 09:44:34
Stephen Borrill wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
>> Takahiro Kambe wrote:
>>> In message <4756018A.6000402@roguewrt.org>
>>> on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:40:26 +1100,
>>> "Sarton O'Brien" <bsd-xen@roguewrt.org> wrote:
>>>> I think you're after 'bootdev=' as a kernel parameter.
>>>>
>>>> Well that's what I use.
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> How can I specify it?
>>
>> If you're not using grub then I believe a facility has been created
>> for configuring boot parameters within a 'boot.cfg' file ... but alas,
>> I have no more information that that :(
>
> boot.cfg won't help here unless you want to specify an option that can
> be used at the normal boot prompt. bootdev isn't a standard boot(8) option.
If I'd have had to, that would have been my guess but thanks for the
clarification. I should have checked before the plug.
Sarton