Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:02:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Robert Burns <rjburns@lanzen.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root on sd0 not sd1, ?????? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961114220146.28188e-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199611150555.VAA25558@zen1.lanzen.net>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Robert Burns wrote: > I've got a pentium with a IDE primary and SCSI secondary. I've installed > FBSD 2.1 on the extended partition of my SCSI drive. I cannot get BOOTEASY > to install properly so I've been using " boot: hd(1,a)/kernel ". > > I tried to use os-bs beta that came with the FBSD cdrom and was able to > install it but it is trying to change the root device to sd1 rather than > sd0 after it loads the kernel. I've tied recompiling the kernel with > config root on sd0 but no luck. I've run out of ideas. > > I would even be happy of I could make a boot floppy that would point to sd0 > but I don't know how. I think there is some new stuff coming in 2.2 that will help solve this. In any case, though, you're in the tight spot of having both ide and SCSI. You may be able to edit the necessary files and build a new boot block, but it's not fun. 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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