Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 13:28:48 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install to second hard-drive... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970221132551.17570E-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.970220204519.21658A-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com>
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On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Mark Mayo wrote: > > Hi guys. I have a friend who's trying to install FreeBSD to the Master IDE > hard-drive on the Secondary controller. The install sees the harddrive > just fine, and copies all the CDROM files to the drive - but after > everything is done, there's no way to boot freebsd, since the install only > touched the 2'nd disk (1st=win95,2nd=CDROM,3rd=freebsd). First, this does not belong on hackers, so I've trimmed the CC: line. Reinstall the boot manager from DOS. Boot *real dos* and run bootinst.exe from the tools directory on the CD > > There's no tips in the FAQ or handbook for installing on a drive other > than the 1st BIOS disk... just curious how I should place the boot manager > in the first drive so I can boot to freeBSD (without nuking win95). > > Also, is there a way to use the boot floppy to boot from any drive? On my > system, I was able to boot from the floppy, and type: > 1:sd(0,a)kernel > > and it booted fine.. just doesn't seem to work with his wd drive though. I > tried several combinations, and all I get is nothing, or an error. Bummer. > I've tried installing both the Boot Easy and Standard bootmanagers to the > second drive. Just can't get it to boot!! > Did you try 1:wd(2,a)/kernel This should do the job. If it does you may have to reconfigure the kernel to get the machine to boot. If you get the message: panic: Cannot mount root At the end of the probe sequence you should either: 1. Have the line: config kernel root on wd2 in your kernel config, OR: 2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other parameters unchanged). > TIA, > -Mark > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com > RingZero Comp. http://vinyl.quickweb.com/mark > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity > for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that > suffering reaches its supreme point. -- Arthur Schopenhauer > > Nadav
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