Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 22:03:33 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: "Edmund D. Haube" <w3lng@ibm.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on second master disk Message-ID: <48537.939326613@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Oct 1999 18:23:54 GMT." <37FCE53A.ACA7B490@ibm.net>
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On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 18:23:54 GMT, "Edmund D. Haube" wrote:
> I have loaded FreeBSD on a second master hard disk in this machine.
> No problem. Tried to load it and got the message 'panic: unable to
> load /root'. Found solution to problem inTROUBLE. TXT and proceeded
> to use 'Fixit' as suggested.
Looks like TROUBLE.TXT is outdated. That advice is for the old boot
loader. :-(
Try this:
set num_ide_disks=2
set rootdev=wd2s1a
boot
This stuff is documented in the loader(8) manpage if you have access to
it.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
PS: I've only had this once myself, so my instructions may not be 100%.
You might need to fiddle. :-)
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