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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2 ALPHA - can't "upgrade" the FreeBSD on second HD
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 22:09:48 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Dmitri Beloslioudtsev <dnb@orgland.ru>
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Dmitri Beloslioudtsev wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> I tried to upgrade FreeBSD 2.1.5 to 2.2-ALPHA but failed because
> sysinstall suggests me to use only first hard disk wd0, while
> I use the second disk wd1 for FreeBSD.

Huh?  Sysinstall doesn't suggest anything, it just drops you into the
diskLabelEditor() routine, which in turn brings up the disk selection
menu.  You're supposed to select wd1 at this menu, not sysinstall! :)

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project