Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 21:31:55 +0700 From: Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: How do I change from wd devices to ad devices? Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20010815213155.007b1540@stjohn.stjohn.ac.th>
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There's a little note tucked away in /usr/src/UPDATING, dated 20010501, that informs us the wd device compatibility is being removed from the kernel. Naturally, I didn't notice it until I'd already done a buildworld, buildkernel, etc. and tried to reboot. Thanks, BSD, for kernel.old; I really needed that. I've jotted down notes about error messages I observed during the fiasco, but basically the problem is I don't know what ad0* devices should be listed in my /etc/fstab. The devices originally used were wd0s1a, wd0s1b, wd0s1e, wd0s1f, and wd0s1g. I tried the obvious (to me) tactic of just changing all the wd's to ad's. Ho, ho, ho! ls /dev/ad* gives me: /dev/ad0 /dev/ad0c /dev/ad0f /dev/ad0s1 /dev/ad0s4 /dev/ad0a /dev/ad0d /dev/ad0g /dev/ad0s2 /dev/ad0b /dev/ad0e /dev/ad0h /dev/ad0s3 So can anyone tell me how these devices map to the wd0s1a-g? There must have been a lot of discussion when the change to the ATA driver first took place, but I'll be damned if I can find anything in the archive of the mailing list. Of course, the search function is pretty horrible, but I would think search terms like "ATA driver" or "change wd to ad" would find something. There is an appendix to UPDATING mentioned in a couple of places but there's nothing there at the end of the file. Meanwhile, my kernel is slightly out of synch with my userland, but so far it seems to be working. I would spend more time searching, but this is my school's mid-term and I have to get the grade reports out by Friday so will have to wait until after the week-end to do the seeking. -- Roger -- Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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