Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 12:57:51 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BETA problems... Message-ID: <199810131957.MAA00823@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Oct 1998 13:04:49 %2B0200." <199810131104.NAA03092@ceia.nordier.com>
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> > > > The difficulty lies in working out which physical drives the BIOS > > numbers correspond to. Unless you have a *very* new system, there is > > simply no way to know that the BIOS drive 0x81 is in fact wd2. In > > order for this to work, the user has to provide the missing data, > > either by typing 1:wd(2a)kernel every time (tedious) or putting it in > > /boot.config. > > Any reason we can't pick this up from d_typename? > > 00000200 57 45 56 82 05 00 00 00 77 64 30 73 32 00 00 00 |WEV.....wd0s2...| You lose if the disk has been moved. > This is on my list of things to test in the new boot2. The loader will (probably) have a better chance at this; it should be feasible to work out the number of units on each IDE controller either from the available PnP data or (*shudder*) by poking at them. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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