From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 31 01:54:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA25835 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 01:54:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de [141.31.112.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA25830 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 01:54:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE) Received: (from helbig@localhost) by rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (8.8.7/8.8.5) id KAA00324; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:53:35 +0100 (MET) From: Wolfgang Helbig Message-Id: <199710310953.KAA00324@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> Subject: Re: Strange install glitch? In-Reply-To: <199710310845.AAA15805@netcom11.netcom.com> from Patrick Humphreys at "Oct 31, 97 00:45:45 am" To: path@netcom.com (Patrick Humphreys) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:53:35 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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