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Date:      Sun, 8 Nov 1998 20:15:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Kostia Sampsa (EXT/ICL)" <sampsa.kostia@ntc.nokia.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Changing disk place.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811081957420.18760-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199811030704.JAA26431@ns10.nokia.com>

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On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Kostia Sampsa (EXT/ICL) wrote:

> 
> Hiyas, I have a small problem.
> 
> I have a small HD, which contains a freebsd that handles the routing for a
> small LAN.
> Now i've added one harddisk more, and put it on master, so that the freebsd
> disk
> is now slave, therefore wd1, as it used to be wd0. I can't put the freebsd
> as master
> because the stupid DOS won't start from disk2 because it cannot be set
> active.
> So, what must i configure from the BSD so it starts to mount wd1 instead of
> wd0. Fstab I know, I have to change the disks from there, but how do I add
> the devices and what else I have to change?

Oops. 

1)  We have utilities that will allow you to boot the second disk -- it's
called booteasy.  Should be on the CD.

2)  Move your disk back, change the fstab, then replace.

Doug White                               
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