Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 06:30:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Beholder <beholder@unios.dhs.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/13547: FreeBSD will not boot after installing to /wd3 when /wd2 is a CD/DVD-ROM Message-ID: <199909031330.GAA53408@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/13547; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Beholder <beholder@unios.dhs.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/13547: FreeBSD will not boot after installing to /wd3 when /wd2 is a CD/DVD-ROM Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 09:17:37 -0400 Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:44:00 MST, beholder@unios.dhs.org wrote: > > > Get 2 HDD's and 2 CD-ROM's (my config). Set up the primary IDE chain as > > (1)HDD (2)CD-ROM, and the secondary chain as (1)HDD (2)CD-ROM. Then > > install BSD on the second hard drive /wd3 > > Are you sure the second drive is wd3? Is that what it says in the boot > probe messages? Sorry I think it was supposed to be /wd2 (I'm still new to BSD, I forgot the drives started at 0 not A ;) > Have a look at the loader(8) manual page. In the EXAMPLES section, it > offers something that might help you: > > Sets the disk unit of the root device to 2, and then boots. This > would be needed in the case of a two IDE disks system, with the > second IDE hard-wired to wd2 instead of wd1. > > set root_disk_unit=2 > boot /kernel This probably would have fixed the problem. However the installer didn't seem to do this automatically, which I would consider a bug. Everything installs perfectly, but the kernel isn't updated with the proper boot device I guess. What confused me was the fact that the FSTAB had the proper mount points, but when the system booted it had a message: changing root device to /wd1 (my CD-ROM) root FS not found... (or something similar) > You might play around with root_disk_unit, after doing > > set rootdev=wd2s1a > > or > > set rootdev=wd3s1a > > If you don't come right, make sure you show us your kernel config. :-) Nothing special, it's just the generic kernel. Just learned how to config :) > > > Later, > Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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