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HELP: OpenBSD boot.




Hello folks.
I installed OpenBSD succesfully.
There is only one problem, at boot time the root fs is not found
because it searches the root filesystem on the wrong device.
I have two controllers wdc0 and wdc1 and 2 master disks
wd0 and wd1

wd0 is my Win98 disc.
so at installation time I was asked to select wd0 or wd1 as boot device for
OpenBSD and
I Selected wd1. Then I installed and configured OpenBSD for wd1.
At boot time I make start the hard disk D: aka wd1 from the BIOS
and the bsd kernel boots with parameters hd0a:/bsd and this is already
wrong 'cause the disk should be hd1a and not hd0a so when after it
tries to mount the root fs it cannot.
If instead I boot from the floppy and I write boot hd1a:/bsd everything
works out in excellent way, but I have always to use the boot diskette
otherwise I dunno why the bsd kernel thinks hd0a to be the root device
while instead it is hd1a, but if I do not boot from floppy hd1a is not
even fond.... so it is a mess

What I have to do to boot my system in a way that he will search the root
filesystem on wd1, my second master disk ???

eventually where I can find a boot manager for a dual boot on my machine ??
is a boot manager provided by OpenBSD or not ???

OpenBSD is very cool!!
I only am unable to boot it from the disk.
some suggestions please?????
thanks

Rick