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Date:      Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:53:35 +0100 (MET)
From:      Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE>
To:        path@netcom.com (Patrick Humphreys)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Strange install glitch?
Message-ID:  <199710310953.KAA00324@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
In-Reply-To: <199710310845.AAA15805@netcom11.netcom.com> from Patrick Humphreys at "Oct 31, 97 00:45:45 am"

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> Greetings -
> 
> I've been trying for a few days to get FreeBSD 2.2.5 to install and run using
> the following system configuration:
> 
> 	Primary IDE Master: 	    disk
>  	Primary Slave IDE device:   cd/rom
> 
> 	Secondary IDE master:       disk
> 
> I've gone searching through the rc scripts and haven't found much so I am
> ass/u/me-ing that the generic kernel is not configured to be able to handle
> a root device on wd2.

Just enter
	boot: 1:wd(2,a)kernel
at the boot: prompt to teach the kernel about the root device.

BTW, this is a frequently asked question, you might want to search
the mailing lists archives at http://www.freebsd.org for the
frequently answered questions.

Wolfgang



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