From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 15 23:52:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA07160 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:52:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA07155 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 1998 23:52:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue2@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue2@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA06102; Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:51:25 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980816165122.00636@welearn.com.au> Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:51:22 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk confusion References: <19980816015957.37974@welearn.com.au> <199808151724.NAA12486@lucy.bedford.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199808151724.NAA12486@lucy.bedford.net>; from CyberPeasant on Sat, Aug 15, 1998 at 01:24:08PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Aug 15, 1998 at 01:24:08PM -0400, CyberPeasant wrote: > Sue Blake wrote: > > To do the installation (from CD) I disabled the IDE (wdc0) and > > unplugged sd0, making the working disk take the name sd0 temporarily. > > Now of course it's called sd1 again. > > Ouch. > > I bet "real" sd1's /etc/fstab is just chock full of references to > sd0sX Thanks Dave, and the others who tactfully reminded me of a few things in private mail :-) For the record, I booted off another disk, mounted sd1, fixed up /etc/fstab and made the sd1s1a style devices from there, and after re-re-enabling wdc0 (kernelconfig didn't stick on a read-only /) it all works fine. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message