Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 09:48:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Tony Shadwick <tshadwick@goinet.com> To: Joel <rees@ddcom.co.jp> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please help me booooot! Message-ID: <20050523094732.A47072@mail.goinet.com> In-Reply-To: <20050523103242.348A.REES@ddcom.co.jp> References: <20050522111751.4E9721CE303@ws1-6.us4.outblaze.com> <20050523103242.348A.REES@ddcom.co.jp>
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I'd just boot off of disc 1 of the install set. That way you have a known good boot environment. Then you can back things up as per normal. You can also get a little bit of a sense of what is where. On Mon, 23 May 2005, Joel wrote: > [...] >> when i boot either ad6 or ad4 alone, everything is cool. >> >> when i plug both ad4 and ad6 into, > > Usually, when you set up for multi-boot, you plug all your drives in > before you set up. > > At least, you do this until you understand what't going on. > > Now, if you understood what happens when the machine boots, you might be > able to edit your fstab to get FreeBSD to boot. Or maybe not. > >> i am brought to the freebsd >> bootloader. however, half-way down the boot i get: >> >> Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad6s1a >> setrootbyname failed >> ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp >> Root mount failed: 6 >> >> when i switch ad6's cable over to ad4 and vice versa, my computer >> doesn't boot past its bios at all. what's wrong here? > > Drive name changed at the low level, maybe? > > It happens. > >> i just need to >> mount ad4 so i can back up some stuff, that's all. thank you so much! > > > -- > Joel Rees <rees@ddcom.co.jp> > digitcom, inc. 株式会社デジコム > Kobe, Japan +81-78-672-8800 > ** <http://www.ddcom.co.jp>; ** > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >home | help
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