Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 09:34:26 +0100 From: Manuel Enrique Garcia Cuesta <megarcia@lix.intercom.es> To: "Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira" <lioux@gns.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD on 2nd SCSI disk Message-ID: <199708020834.JAA31530@lix.intercom.es>
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At 03:01 2/08/97 -0300, you wrote:
>> > Is it possible to boot FreeBSD off the 2nd SCSI disk on a system? I've
>got
>> > 2 disks, one of which is currently running FreeBSD. I want to install
>> > Win95, but for safety's sake, I want to install it on another hard disk
>> > (so that it doesn't accidentially squelch my FreeBSD :). The Win95
>> > partitition will of course need to be on HD #1 (SCSI ID 0), so I'm
>hoping
>> > I can keep FreeBSD on HD #2 (SCSI ID 1).
>>
>> Should be OK assuming you dont have any IDE disks in the system. Just
>> install the boot manager to the first disk and all should be well.
>
> I regret to say that at least your root partition will have to stay in the
>first HD. At least, I haven't been able to acomplish any other setup.
>
> Regards,
> Mario Ferreira.
>
>
By my (meager ) experience, the whole FreeBSD may reside in
the second SCSI disk. Installing the boot manager in the first disk
at least is the right thing to do for me.
Manolo
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