Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 11:51:56 -0400 (EDT) From: yossman <yossman@yoss.canweb.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: secondary IDE? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970610114026.20093B-100000@yoss.canweb.net>
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we installed FreeBSD on the slave drive on the primary IDE channel on a machine we're working on. the master on the primary IDE has w95 on it. we use the installation boot floppy to get a boot: prompt, then type 'wd(1,a)/kernel' to boot from the slave drive on the primary IDE channel. this works great. then, we moved the drive from slave on primary to master on secondary IDE. the installation kernel sees the drive as 'wd2', but when i try 'wd2(0,a)/kernel' at the boot: prompt i get 'bad disklabel'. i've tried to go back into the installation to re-write the partitions/disklabels/bootmanager, but every time i try to commit my changes it asks me to select media, a distribution, and configure my stupid ethernet device. i don't WANT to actually install anything, i just want to rewrite the disklabel and partition information back out to the drive. i note the (W)rite option was taken out of the partition and label screens. was this because no one could get it working satisfactorily? i'd love any help -- the FreeBSD Handbook seems TOTALLY bare when i check for IDE configuration information. yossman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yossarian Holmberg (yossman) yossman@canweb.net System Administrator, National Online http://www.canweb.net/~yossman/ my statements are my own, not my employer's -- i do not speak for them. '... and if i die, before i learn to speak .. can money pay for all the days i've lived awake but half asleep?' -- Primitive Radio Gods, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand"
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