From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 30 6:34:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mb07.swip.net (mb07.swip.net [193.12.122.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 046FE159D5 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 06:34:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from juha.korkiakangas@swipnet.se) Received: from swipnet.se (d212-151-181-220.swipnet.se [212.151.181.220]) by mb07.swip.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA06375 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:34:41 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <37F36714.C27D592C@swipnet.se> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:35:16 +0200 From: Juha X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't mount root References: <008901bf0afa$fb57cbc0$391d5bcf@steve> <37F31876.14D4082@swipnet.se> <003901bf0b3a$86f6e780$311d5bcf@steve> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve wrote: > Ok.. a stupid quesion, but HOW do I stop the loader? Once it starts, it > starts.. unless ... are you referring to.. while it is about to boot > pressing any key besides return.. then I get a prompt showing the disk... > gads.. :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Juha > To: > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 2:59 AM > Subject: Re: can't mount root > > > Steve wrote: > > > > > thanks to all so far.. > > > and now. > > > two IDE drives > > > 1HD primary master > > > CD primary slave > > > 2HD secodary master > > > > > > put bsd on HD2 > > > said couldn't mount root - rebooting > > > added root_disk_unit="2" to loader.conf hoping to point to HD2 > > > now says > > > changing root device to wd2s2a > > > changing root device to wd2a > > > right after one another > > > > > > to load bsd on the second HD, I have had to to disconnect the normal > HD1... > > > with this things work fine with a single HD but still can't mount root > with > > > both HD's connected. > > > > > > Looking at HD2 (while it is the only one installed) I see > > > using a 'df' things like /dev/ws0s2a / > > > If I am reading this correctly, doens't that say that the root > > > is on the 1st and only HD zero ? > > > If that is the case.. I would think that I would need to have both HD's > > > connected when I loaded bsd from the CD-ROM.. but, when I try that, I > only > > > show HD1. sure don't want to blow that off (Win98) and my email/word > > > processor stuff. > > > > > > Any thoughts on how to accomplish this? > > > Thanks as usual. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > Your BIOS sees Hard-drives as disk 0 and disk 2, FreeBSD sees them > > as wd0 > > and wd2. Stop loader before booting and enter : boot 1:wd(2,a)kernel. > > If it > > works, type same line in /boot.config(create it, if necessary), this > > works > > fine for me. > > > > Good luck, > > Juha > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > yup, that's what i mean. Press any key, you get something like ; >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:wd(0,a)/boot/loader boot: -------------------------------- type after boot: 1:wd(2,a)kernel and press enter. Juha To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message