Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 13:34:09 -0600 (CST) From: faulkner@mpd.tandem.com (Boyd Faulkner) To: eprice@rmii.com (Emmett Price) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Install problem Message-ID: <9502091934.AA10364@olympus> In-Reply-To: <m0rcNb1-0002LgC@rmii.com> from "Emmett Price" at Feb 8, 95 07:11:25 pm
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> > I am attempting to install FreeBSD 2.0 for the first time from a CD. I have > an older 386 (generic) with a 406MB WD caviar which is disk 0 (master) and > is entirely devoted to DOS. I purchased an 850MB WD caviar to use entirely > for BSD. It is the secondary (slave) on the IDE controller. My BIOS and > controller won't support the 850, but I was able to enter the correct > geometry in the BIOS. > > F1 for DOS or F5 for the second disk. I choose F5 which gives me the choice > of F1 for FreeBSD or F5 for the first disk. I choose F1 and get the boot > prompt. I enter hd(1,a)/kernel per the instructions from the > troubleshooting read me file. the system boots and then "panics" out unable > to mount the root filesystem. > Enter wd(1,a)/kernel hd is if you have 1 IDE and 1 SCSI. Boyd -- _______________________________________________________________________ Boyd Faulkner faulkner@isd.tandem.com _______________________________________________________________________
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