From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 19 09:11:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA10138 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 09:11:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA10132 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 09:11:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com ([13.231.132.20]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <16015(7)>; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 09:10:39 PST Received: from gnu.mc.xerox.com (gnu.sdsp.mc.xerox.com) by gemini.sdsp.mc.xerox.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02424; Mon, 19 Feb 96 12:10:29 EST Received: by gnu.mc.xerox.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA14130; Mon, 19 Feb 96 12:10:27 EST Message-Id: <9602191710.AA14130@gnu.mc.xerox.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.4 10/10/95 To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: Peter Stubbs , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting from primary wd on wdc1 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 18 Feb 1996 21:36:20 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 09:10:22 PST From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > 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 leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom