Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 08:10:11 -0500 (CDT) From: Val Kilmer <malaclypse@diogenes.ionet.net> To: Jesper =?iso-8859-1?Q?Blomstr=F6m?= <jeppe@partitur.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootmanager Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907120808340.6922-100000@diogenes.ionet.net> In-Reply-To: <3789B238.3CC4FE49@partitur.se>
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MAKEDEV doesn't simply make files, it configures entire devices. /dev is a strange and dangerous place to go walking, which is why I say handle with care. You may even want to do the 'sh MAKEDEV wd0' from a floppy boot disk. On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Jesper [iso-8859-1] Blomstr=F6m wrote: > Val Kilmer wrote: >=20 > > This is REALLY weird. You may want to try doing a 'sh MAKEDEV wd0' as > > root, but that does seem kind of risky. I'd only really try that if no = one > > else is able to make any other suggestions. > > > > Sorry I couldn't be of more help, > > > > Cory. > > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Maurice Satijn wrote: > > > > > > > > > What are the FreeBSD device names for them? (ex: /dev/wd0s1 /dev/wd= 1s1) > > > > Also, do you have a CDROM attached to this thing somewhere? > > > > Finally, is your one HD mounted as primary master? > > > > > > 1 harddrive (IDE) at which: > > > > > > 1 unused (size 63) > > > 1 primary dos partition 1834M /dev/wd0s1 > > > 1 freebsd partition 1996M /dev/wd0s2 > > > 1 unused (size 3024) > > > > > > CDROM is attached, in BIOS is HD primary master, CDROM secondary. > > > > > > the unused parts cannot be changed. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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