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:Marty Leisner (leis@sdsp.mc.xerox.com)
Date:Feb 19, 1996 9:10:02 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

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 ?

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

I found: build a kernel with wd2 as the boot device boot from device with fbdsboot -r -D kernel (I think) [compiled in rootdev, dos file "kernel") worked...

-- marty leis@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom