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Date:      Tue, 28 May 1996 10:26:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Pedro A M Vazquez <vazquez@iqm.unicamp.br>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Booting from wdc2
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960528102333.21460G-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199605251155.LAA03184@kalypso.iqm.unicamp.br>

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On Sat, 25 May 1996, Pedro A M Vazquez wrote:

Keep this bit around for reference...

> 	A friend of mine has an IBM 350 P75 computer with the following
> setup
> 
> 	wdc0: wd0 (IBM DALA 540M) HPFS OS2/warp
>               atapi CD
> 	wdc1: wd2 (NEC 1.6G) 600M FBSD partition , 1G HPFS partition


> 	The instalation went as smooth as possible, using the atapi.flp
> the IDE CD was recognized and used to install FBSD on wdc1, the boot
> selector is working really fine but it is impossible to complete the
> boot because the boot program tries to mount the root partition on 
> wd(1,a) instead of wd(2,a) and panices.

Can you boot using the install floppy and typing "wd(2,a)/kernel" at the 
Boot: prompt OK?

Can you move the disks onto one controller?  That would make it less
confusing to the kernel. 

> 	What would be the easiest way to solve this problem, my friend
> is not a computer hacker and don't wants to move things (exchange the ide CD
> with the NEC, or reinstall warp)

I didn't see a CD on that list.  Is that is what is on the slave on 
wdc0?  Since the system is installed you could swap that and the NEC.  
You can't use the CD until you rebuild the kernel anyway, so no big loss 
for the time being.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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