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tony@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM (Tony Reeves) writes:

>This last weekend we wanted to format our zd1a disk. So we copyed over zd1a
>(our boot disk) to zd3a and wanted to boot up the system single user from
>zd3a. We had, we thought, a geniric kernel setup on zd3a to boot. Yet
>everytime we would try to boot the system would just hang at the test. of the
>bootstrap. it just sat there dead in the water. Next we tryed to boot up from
>an old tape (3.0.17). It also would not boot. so we had to give up and let it
>reboot from zd1a dynix as always. Anyone know how to make it boot from
>something other than zd1?

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>---- The opitions expressed here are mine and have nothing to do with Hughes
>Aircraft Co. -- So there! tony@hacgate.hac.com

try making a kernel with a root and swap at zd3a while your current system is
running. when you copy your root over to zd3 be sure that this new kernel
is /dynix. things then will be just fine. you also need to be sure there
is a boot block on zd3 and a /boot file on zd3a. see the installboot command

you might try using a true generic kernel. i have no experience with that,
but i have used the above procedure several times with success.

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