Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 20:59:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@code.hu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel cannot find his own disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961001205853.2062K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609301230.MAA02921@CoDe.CoDe.hu>
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On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Gabor Zahemszky wrote: > I've the next very interesting problem: > randomly at boot, the kernel correctly start, but when it searches, it > cannot find the disk, from which is it running. Odd. :-/ > I've got a new Intel VX MB with 32M ram, and two old disk: > an IBM 270MB (Dos, Coherent), and a Conner 540 (Dos, FB). > The disks are OK, on my previous MB, they work fine. And sometimes, it > works OK now, but sometimes I have to try to boot 2-10 (or more) times the > kernel correctly find that disk. (I have of course kernel on wd1 in my > kernel config file.) > I think, something is wrong with my hardware setup, but doesn't know too > much about such things. This MB has a built in ide controller. It does sound like a flakey ide controller. You might check the cables next time you're mucking around inside the case, you never know. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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