atom feed9 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-questionsRe: booting from primary wd on wdc1
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Doug WhiteFeb 18, 1996 9:36 pm 
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Marty LeisnerFeb 19, 1996 9:10 am 
Doug WhiteFeb 19, 1996 10:14 am 
Peter StubbsFeb 19, 1996 11:28 am 
Peter StubbsFeb 19, 1996 6:11 pm 
Peter StubbsFeb 20, 1996 2:37 pm 
Terry LambertFeb 21, 1996 10:46 am 
Peter StubbsFeb 21, 1996 11:26 am 
Subject:Re: booting from primary wd on wdc1
From:Doug White (dwh@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu)
Date:Feb 18, 1996 9:36:00 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Peter Stubbs wrote:

I've been trying to install freeBSD at home for some time now. I have OS/2 on the primary drive on the 1st hard disk controller. The second disk is on the second controller, and has a 50M DOS partition (for games) and 350M for FBSD.

When I install from floppy all goes well. I select wd2 for the install, then I build a new kernel from the shell on F4.

At boot time it claims it's booting from wd1a, yet at the drive detection time it finds the drive & calls it wd2. Then panics when it can't mount root.

Can you boot from a floppy OK using

Boot: wd(2,a)/kernel ?

You are probably stuck on that method for life since most BIOSs can't boot off the second controller without help.

Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwh@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major