Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:12:38 +0100 From: Peter McGarvey <pmcgarvey@vianetworks.co.uk> To: johann@broadpark.no, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD acting weird after network installation Message-ID: <E16t72i-000CaH-00@pooh.noc.u-net.net> In-Reply-To: <1017924301.3cac4acd7d681@mail.broadpark.no> References: <1017924301.3cac4acd7d681@mail.broadpark.no>
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> One other thing I find peculiar is that the box' only harddrive has been > assigned the name ad2. Shouldn't it be ad1, if not ad0? I'm suspecting > some sort of harddrive malfunction, though I'd be surprised if it turned > out to be that. The `ad' driver uses static numbering when enumerating IDE Hard Disks. So: ad0 = primary master ad1 = primary slave ad2 = secondary master ad3 = secondary slave IMO changing device names based in the number of said devices is foolishness, as anyone who's added another HDD to a Windows system can testify. -- TTFN, FNORD Peter McGarvey System Administrator Network Operations, VIA Networks UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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