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Date:      Sat, 9 Jun 2001 11:21:07 -0500
From:      Doug Poland <dpoland@polands.org>
To:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HELP! Cannot boot after changing from ATA66 to ATA100
Message-ID:  <20010609112107.A23873@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <3B22195D.8DA23659@urx.com>
References:  <20010608232534.A3382@polands.org> <3B21AFE7.43FB8EAB@urx.com> <20010609071329.A13883@polands.org> <3B22195D.8DA23659@urx.com>

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On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 05:41:01AM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote:
> 
> 
> Doug Poland wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 10:11:03PM -0700, Kent Stewart wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Doug Poland wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The good news: I discovered my IBM DTLA drive was connected
> > > > to my VIA ATA66 controller and was able to move it to my Promise
> > > > ATA100 controller socket.
> > > >
> > > > The bad news: I cannot boot!  The device names of my harddrive
> > > > have changed.  This is what it looked like before:  (4.3-STABLE)
> > >
> > > Move it back and build a kernel with "ATA_STATIC_ID" commented out.
> > >
> > Okay
> > 
> > >
> > > Change your fstab to sequential devices
> > >
> > I don't understand what this means.  Are you saying change my fstab
> > to reflect what the new names will be?  ad1, ad2?
> 
> That is how they showed up when I made the ATA_STATIC_ID change. They
> probably started out with /dev/ad0 and /dev/ad1 and etc.
> 
> > >
> > > make the other devices just in case.
> > >
> > Check
> > 
> > > Reboot and see if you have it right. If you do, then, move your cable back
> > > to the ATA-100 controller and try it. Your drives should start with ata1,
> > > ata2, and etc.
> > >
> > > Kent
> > >

TADA!

Thanks Kent, now I'm rocking.  I'm pleasantly suprised at the speed
difference between ATA66 and ATA100.  It's quite noticable.  

-- 

Regards,
Doug

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