From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 2 19:58:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17352 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:58:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.soffen.com (www.soffen.com [206.119.32.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA17306 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:58:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matt@soffen.com) Received: by mail.soffen.com from localhost (router,SLMail V2.5); Mon, 02 Feb 1998 22:56:21 -0500 Received: by mail.soffen.com from www.soffen.com (206.119.32.97::mail daemon,SLMail V2.5); Mon, 02 Feb 1998 22:56:21 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980202224724.01135d10@soffen.com> X-Sender: "Matthew Soffen" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 22:47:24 -0500 To: Doug White From: "Matthew Soffen" Subject: Re: New problem.. It will not boot from HD... Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980131115312.03452100@soffen.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" At 11:23 AM 2/2/98 -0800, you wrote: >On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Matthew Soffen wrote: > >> Ok. I finally got FreeBSD to install via anon. ftp. >> >> I have FreeBSD fully installed on the system. But if I try to >> reboot the system, it gives me "read error". > >Check the current active partition with FDISK. > >If you intend on dual-booting this, if they're on the same disk, you can >use the NT botloader (instructions in the FAQ) otherwise use booteasy. > > The device /dev/rwd0 is not there... The 2nd drive is but not the 1st. Is there anyway to recreate the device without having to reinstall ? Matt Soffen ============================================== Boss - "My boss says we need some eunuch programmers." Dilbert - "I think he means UNIX and I already know UNIX." Boss - "Well, if the company nurse comes by, tell her I said never mind." - Dilbert - ==============================================