Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 21:36:20 -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.3.91.960218213501.15513D-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <5E63E645362@aidan.staidan.qld.edu.au>
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On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Peter Stubbs wrote: > I've been trying to install freeBSD at home for some time now. I have > OS/2 on the primary drive on the 1st hard disk controller. The second > disk is on the second controller, and has a 50M DOS partition (for > games) and 350M for FBSD. > > When I install from floppy all goes well. I select wd2 for the > install, then I build a new kernel from the shell on F4. > > 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 ? You are probably stuck on that method for life since most BIOSs can't boot off the second controller without help. 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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