Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:45:52 +0100 From: Cillian Sharkey <cillian@baker.ie> To: eT <eT@post.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing root device to ... Message-ID: <37B1A8C0.26BD96CA@baker.ie>
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> but in the boot up, the message, "changing root device to wd0s1" keeps appearing and keeps > failing. in my /etc/fstab i have the following entry: > /dev/sd0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > does anyone have any ideas. > the sd0 is probed and attached successfully during startup, but the change root fails > because it keeps on trying to change root to a wd0 IDE. would i be right in guessing that you used to have the FreeBSD system on IDE disk wd0 after which you transferred it over to SCSI disk sd0 ? is the system still booting off the IDE disk (if present) ? to boot your system off the SCSI disk you should be able to enter the following at the boot prompt : 0:sd(0,a)/kernel (or whatever the name of your kernel is) which should set the root device ok... Regards, - Cillian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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