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[...]
> when i boot either ad6 or ad4 alone, everything is cool.
> 
> when i plug both ad4 and ad6 into,

Usually, when you set up for multi-boot, you plug all your drives in
before you set up.

At least, you do this until you understand what't going on.

Now, if you understood what happens when the machine boots, you might be
able to edit your fstab to get FreeBSD to boot. Or maybe not.

> i am brought to the freebsd
> bootloader. however, half-way down the boot i get:
> 
> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad6s1a
> setrootbyname failed
> ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp
> Root mount failed: 6
> 
> when i switch ad6's cable over to ad4 and vice versa, my computer
> doesn't boot past its bios at all. what's wrong here?

Drive name changed at the low level, maybe?

It happens.

> i just need to
> mount ad4 so i can back up some stuff, that's all. thank you so much!


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