Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 09:38:24 +0900 From: Toshihiro Kanda <candy@fct.kgc.co.jp> To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers), Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> Subject: Re: wd? numbering question Message-ID: <199606210038.JAA01105@xxx.fct.kgc.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <199606191115.EAA15716@seagull.rtd.com>
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> > Primary IDE controller, Master : 400M HDD (Windows 95) > > Primary IDE controller, Slave : none > > Secondary IDE controller, Master : 1.6G HDD (FreeBSD 2.1) > > Secondary IDE controller, Slave : none > > > > After insallation, it rebooted and paniced. It said "Cannot mount > > root directory.." It seemed there was confusion of wd1 with wd2. > > > > Boot thinks the second HDD is `wd1', while kernel probes it as > > `wd2'. My question is why kernel skips `wd1'? Quoting from > > GENERIC... > > > > ---8<------8<------8<--- > > controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr > > disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0 > > disk wd1 at wdc0 drive 1 > > ---8<------8<------8<--- > > wd*0* is your 400M drive (the Primary controller is wdc0 and it handles > disks wd0 and wd1). wd2 is your 1.6G drive (the Secondary controller > is wdc1 -- note wdC vs. wd -- and handles disks wd2 and wd3... skip down > a few more lines in GENERIC and you'll see this second controller > defined along with the drives it supports) > > Hope that clears it up... > > --don Thank you for your advice. So, I ask again, why wd1 is not defined as "disk wd1 at wdc? drive ?" ? Doesn't it work? candy@fct.kgc.co.jp (Toshihiro Kanda)
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