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Date:      Thu, 2 Apr 1998 12:55:54 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@pk.she.de>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@pk.she.de>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installation Problem (2.2.5-RELEASE on second IDE master)
Message-ID:  <l03130301b14917bddec0@[194.45.219.71]>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402003450.8262C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
References:  <l03130300b147b13a053d@[194.45.219.71]>

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At 10:35 Uhr +0200 02.04.1998, Doug White wrote:
>On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Christoph Sold wrote:
>
>> wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
>> wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <QUANTUM FIREBALL640A>
>> wd0: 612MB (1253952 sectors), 1244 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
>> wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa
>> wdc1: unit 0 (wd2): <ST32122A>
>> wd2: 2014MB (4124736 sectors), 4092 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
>> npx0 flags 0x1 on motherboard
>> npx0: INT 16 interface
>> changing root device to wd1a          <===== WHY? Isn't wd2 correct?
>>========
>> panic: cannot mount root              <===== OOOOOOPS!
>>======================
>> syncing disks... done
>
>Classic crossed devices panic.  Did I send you my Cant Mount Root
>boilerplate already?

Nope. Would you please send it by private email -- no need to disturb the
whole list.

>Easy fix: move your second hard drive onto your primary controller.

Uuuumphhhhh... I do not like the idea. Running a 2G platter as slave of an
old, slow 640M Quantum Fireball is sloooooow. I'd prefer if anybody knows
how to fix BootEasy to boot the kernel from the right device.

-Christoph Sold


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