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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Boot process - newbie question
Date: 29 Oct 1996 16:42:04 -0000
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In article <550m0u$7ag@sunrise.pg.gda.pl>,
wojtekz@gumbeers.elka.pg.gda.pl (Wojciech Zwiefka) writes:
: I have a problem with with booting FreeBSD 2.1.5 I installe it on wd2s3
: (master disk on second controler) but now I can't boot to it. Boot loader
: shows me that kernel and other files are on wd1a (they are in fact on
: wd2a - I have no wd1 disk). So when I boot wd(1,a)/kernel it panics -
: can't mount root - quit proper message as there is no disk /dev/wd1a.
: Question is how can I set root partition to kernel ? (I don't know what
: options in bootloader do - except -c). I tried -r (root ???) but with no
: success.
: I don't want to reinstall system nor to move hardisk to first controler
: (If I have only ATAPI CD-ROM on second controler it is not recognized -
: Linux recognize it in all configurations)
The 1 in wd1 means that it's your second recognised IDE disk. You can't
have a wd2 without a wd1. If for some reason your BIOS is recognising
this disk as the third IDE disk, you'll need to boot
2:wd(1,a)/kernel
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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