From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 12 23:34:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA14500 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:34:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu ([128.223.186.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA14491 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:34:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA00988; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:35:09 -0700 Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 23:35:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Matthew Stein cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help : kernel thinks it's on sd1, when actually sd0? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Matthew Stein wrote: > config kernel root on sd0 > > ...is in there. The kernel isn't making the decision here, I think it's > the boot block, or the init. The SCSI probe looks like this... > > ncr0 rev 2 int a irq 11 on pci0:11 > ncr0 waiting for scsi devices to settle > (ncr0:0:0): "QUANTUM EMPIRE_1080S 1022" type 0 fixed SCSI 2 > sd0(ncr0:0:0): Direct-Access > sd0(ncr0:0:0): FAST SCSI-2 100ns (10 Mb/sec) offset 8. > 1029MB (2109376 512 byte sectors) > (ncr0:3:0): "MATSHITA CD-ROM CR-503 1.0f" type 5 removable SCSI 2 > > The problem is that before this SCSI probe, the kernel thinks it's on sd1. > Even before the FREEBSD banner comes up with the kernel build time (before > top lines shown in dmesg) it refers to sd1. There isn't an sd1. Hm. The boot blocks may be getting confused, or the NCR is, or something. :-) I wonder if you need to rebuild the boot blocks and hint it in the right direction. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major