Re: Setting up dual-boot on Indigo2 for 6.5 and 5.3...

From: Ian Mapleson (mapesdhs_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/12/04

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    Max Matveev <max.matveev@sgi.com> wrote:
    > No, that is (was?) Linux way of doing things, Irix has no information
    > about root device in the kernel whatsoever: you can boot from
    > different disk, from NFS, from CD, all with the same kernel.

    Either that or the devices mentioned in the post I quoted, so I'm
    going to try that. I certainly know that settings I'm trying are as they
    should be, but it still looks as if the system is trying to use
    disk 1. Must create a fresh 5.3 first...

    Cheers! :)

    Ian.

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