From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 8 07:07:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA09369 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 07:07:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from csd.cs.technion.ac.il (csd.cs.technion.ac.il [132.68.32.8]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA09358 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 07:07:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by csd.cs.technion.ac.il (8.6.11/8.6.10) id RAA01144; Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:05:57 +0300 Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:05:57 +0300 (IDT) From: Nadav Eiron X-Sender: nadav@csd To: Paul Walsh cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk labels mix up? In-Reply-To: <3209A99D.71DB@nation-net.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Paul Walsh wrote: > I've added a second disk, wd2, where wd0 is my first hard disk and (I > think ) wd1 is my ide cd rom ( on primary ide as a slave). The point is > that in the label editor I get wd0 and wd2. > OK. > > When I boot off the second drive (using the boot manager's F5 ) the boot > program goes off looking for wd(1,a) , which I think is my CD, and then > I get the PAnic, can't mount root thing. > > I've tried forcing wd(2,a) but I get a screenful of C's and 0's. > > Any ideas ? I had this problem too, and someone on this list (can't remember who, sorry) suggested the following solution (which I didn't try, but I think should work): Rebuild your kernel and specify the line config kernel root on wd0 You'd have to move your disk to another position to build the kernel though. Then return the disk to its current position and the F5 thing should work. > > -- > paul@nation-net.com Walsh Simmons > 0161-839 9337 Manchester, UK > Nadav