Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 10:14:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Peter Stubbs <peters@staidan.qld.edu.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: booting from primary wd on wdc1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960219101328.16879B-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <5ECF6CD2A38@aidan.staidan.qld.edu.au>
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On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Peter Stubbs wrote: > On 18 Feb 96 at 21:36, Doug White wrote: > > > On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Peter Stubbs wrote: > > > > > > > > At boot time it claims it's booting from wd1a, yet at the drive > > > detection time it finds the drive & calls it wd2. Then panics when > > > it can't mount root. > > > > Can you boot from a floppy OK using > > > > Boot: wd(2,a)/kernel ? > > > No I haven't tried this, but I don't think it'll work since at boot > time it thinks it's on wd(1,a)! > > > You are probably stuck on that method for life since most BIOSs > > can't boot off the second controller without help. > > > > It boots OK, it just won't mount root. Why don't you just move your FreeBSD disk onto the primary controller (wdc0)? That would solve a LOT of problems with this boot. I think you mentioned there is only one device on each of those controllers. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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