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 
invalid opcodeFeb 18, 1996 10:58 pm 
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:Peter Stubbs (pet@staidan.qld.edu.au)
Date:Feb 19, 1996 6:11:25 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

On 18 Feb 96 at 21:36, Doug White wrote:

On Mon, 19 Feb 1996, Peter Stubbs wrote:

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 ?

No I haven't tried this, but I don't think it'll work since at boot time it thinks it's on wd(1,a)!

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

It boots OK, it just won't mount root.

Peter Stubbs, St Aidan's AGS. ph +61-07-3379-9911, fax +61-07-3379-9432