Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:06:29 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Riley J. McIntire" <rjm@Wilshire.Net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: One drive, 2 drive entries during 4.3 install Message-ID: <15191.37413.795697.368820@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3814057@toto.iv>
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Riley J. McIntire <rjm@Wilshire.Net> types: > 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? You've nailed it. There are two drivers for IDE disks - ad and wd. It's showing you both of them. > I chose the ad0 driver. Also am using the 4.1 /stand/sysinstall and > editing the release to 4.3-20010718-STABLE. ad is the newer driver, and wd is slated for removal, so you made the correct choice. You probably shouldn't stretch sysinstall from 4.1 to 4.3-stable, though. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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