From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 11 20:09:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA18944 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 11 Oct 1996 20:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA18930 for ; Fri, 11 Oct 1996 20:08:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA03750; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 12:38:48 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610120308.MAA03750@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Next Problem To: tensbum@ix.netcom.com (Michael P. Deslippe) Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 12:38:47 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au In-Reply-To: <3.0b35.32.19961011171659.006a7a04@ix.netcom.com> from "Michael P. Deslippe" at Oct 11, 96 05:17:03 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael P. Deslippe stands accused of saying: > > at BOOT: enter the appropriate command as follows: > > 1:wd(2,a)/kernel > | | > | +------------------this is the IDE DEVICE number > This is the Drive BIOS number > > Since I have a second IDE drive, the BIOS default of 0 (zero) wouldn't > work, I needed a 1 (one). Since my second drive was not a slave (my ATAPI > CD-ROM requires it be a slave on the first IDE device), it became the third > device and required a 2(two). > > If this info is in the documentation, it's in a place where you can't see > it until after it's installed. I'd recommend it be added to the install > document that's readily available on the server (but since a bazillion > folks have managed before me, it's probably not necessary). It _should_ be in the installation notes, but I'd believe that it hadn't made it there. You can tweak the bootstrap code in /sys/i386/boot/biosboot; look at BOOT_HD_BIAS in the Makefile and the code in boot.c that descides which BIOS unit numbers match which major/minor numbers) and then rebuild (make; make install) and reinstall (disklabel -B wd2). -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[