Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 22:35:18 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: gemohler@tgn2.tgn.net (Geoff Mohler) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Drive Mapping problem Message-ID: <199711052235.PAA10634@usr06.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971105145015.8519A-100000@tgn2.tgn.net> from "Geoff Mohler" at Nov 5, 97 02:53:15 pm
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> Here is the basic setup that I have here: > Tyan S1680S Tahoe, Pentium II 266, 128MB > Adaptec 2940UW pci slot 1, Seagate ST19171W dos C: > Adaptec 2940UW pci slot 2, Seagate ST19171W dos D: > > The problem is, that the machine sees "C:" as 80h, and when you install > FreeBSD, it writes the / partition and the other partitions destined for > SD0 to that wrong drive..DOS drive "D:", or 81h > > When you boot, the BIOS attempts to boot from 80h "C:", and of course > there is no filesystem there, and you get "No Operating System" error. > > Why are FreeBSD and the system BIOS mapping different drives to be the > boot drive? Did you "swap" C: and D: in BIOS? In general, drive letter assignment order on SCSI is exactly the same as SCSI ID order. Unless you specifically configure the SCSI controller specific setup otherwise. If FreeBSD is making a mistake here, then you must have told the controller to lie to the BIOS. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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