Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 16:10:31 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Sann Yam <syam@george.lbl.gov> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 boot up Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970122160903.7369E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701222025.MAA22001@george.lbl.gov>
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On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Sann Yam wrote: > I'm trying to install the version of FreeBSD 2.1 on my Pentium machine > on the second IDE drive, and encounter the problem or message of "mounting > to wd1a " Failed! and system reboot. My first drive is also an IDE which > has Win95 in it. And my second drive is wholly format for FreeBSD. > I also tried to install both boot manager on both drive and still fail. > Installing on the first drive seem to boot ok, but I would like it on > the second drive. I chose option number 1) in the setup for boot manager. > > Any idea what happen or what is needed to be done, can a 2.1 boot on > IDE on second drive? It should be OK. You may need to explicity give the location to your kernel on the Boot: prompt, then rebuild your kernel with the proper location on the 'kernel' config line. ie, if your root is on the second disk, type: wd(1,a)/kernel Or on the first: wd(0,a)/kernel Hope this helps. Also, if you're running 2.1, you might catch the 2.2-RELEASE bus when it comes by -- 2.1.0 is pretty old. 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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