From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 23 11:10:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03342 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:10:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from email.csun.edu (csun1.csun.edu [130.166.1.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03336 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:10:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pf20360@email.csun.edu) Received: from 130.166.253.43 (s253n043.csun.edu) by csun1.csun.edu with ESMTP (1.40.112.12/16.2) id AA181808236; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:10:36 -0800 Message-Id: <3659B32A.5FDCD096@csun.edu> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 11:10:40 -0800 From: Peter Fogg Reply-To: pf20360@email.csun.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 (Macintosh; I; PPC) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: I've confused FreeBSD! X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I installed FreeBSD 2.2.6 by itself on a hard disk which was the only drive on my Intel-based computer. FreeBSD ran perfectly in this configuration. Since I needed to do some development work in the Microsoft environment, I purchased a new hard disk. The new hard disk was installed as the primary drive and the drive containing FreeBSD was moved to secondary status. The Win 95 and the development tools were installed on the new drive. BootEasy was installed on the primary drive to allow booting Win 95 or FreeBSD. When the computer is started and the second drive is selected, the one containing FreeBSD, FreeBSD does the usual hardware probe OK. However, at the end of the hardware prove it changes to "wd1a" and, of course, can't find something to boot. When I start the computer from the second drive and at the "boot:" prompt enter "1:wd(2,a)kernel", FreeBSD does the usual hardware probe and then displays the following: Changing root devise to wd2a Swapon: /dev/wd0s1b: Invalid argument Auto reboot in progress . . . Can’t open /dev/rwd0a: Invalid argument /dev/rwd0a: CAN’T CHECK FILE SYSTEM. /dev/rwd0a: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fdisk MANUALLY Automatic file system check failed . . . Help! Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: Obviously, I have confused FreeBSD by moving the drive to a different status. Can I correct my error by editing some files or must I reinstall FreeBSD every time I move a drive containing the OS? Thanks in advance for your help. Peter - peter.fogg@csun.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message