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Date:      Thu, 19 Jul 2001 17:07:53 -0400
From:      User & Ian Patrick Thomas <ipthomas_77@yahoo.com>
To:        "Riley J. McIntire" <rjm@Wilshire.Net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: One drive, 2 drive entries during 4.3 install
Message-ID:  <20010719170753.C1458@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <NCBBLBILEPCHLFJAPIIPMECJHGAA.rjm@Wilshire.Net>; from rjm@Wilshire.Net on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 11:08:56AM -0700
References:  <NCBBLBILEPCHLFJAPIIPMECJHGAA.rjm@Wilshire.Net>

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As it was put forth by Riley J. McIntire on Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 11:08:56AM -0700...
> Howdy,
> 
> I'm installing 4.3 stable on a machine currently running 4.1-R.  New
> install, but keeping the current partitions.
> 
> The machine is an old p166 but has a single new IBM 20GB drive in it.
> What surprised me, and it didn't happen as I recall during the 4.1
> install, is two drives are showing up.  wd0 and ad0.  The drive
> parameter are the same.  What's happening here?  Just a choice of
> drivers?  Is this intended--should I be concerned?
> 
> I chose the ad0 driver.  Also am using the 4.1 /stand/sysinstall and
> editing the release to 4.3-20010718-STABLE.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Riley
> 
> Arthur C. Clarke's Fourth Law : It has yet to be proven that
> intelligence has any survival value.
> 
> 
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	This may have been when drive identifiers went from wd to ad.  Both
labels mean the same thing.  /usr/src/UPDATING may have more information
as well as the freebsd-stable mailing list.

Ian


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