Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 07:32:32 -0500 (CDT) From: chris@calldei.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/12818: [Patch] doc/FAQ/admin.sgml refers to old sd device Message-ID: <199907261232.HAA81916@holly.dyndns.org>
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>Number: 12818
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [Patch] doc/FAQ/admin.sgml refers to old sd device
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 26 05:40:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Chris Costello
>Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
admin.sgml:
$Id: admin.sgml,v 1.25 1999/07/11 18:03:59 roberto Exp $
>Description:
admin.sgml refers to the old sd(4) device.
Part of my patch affects a section that refers to the boot prompt. Is
the current documentation sufficient, or should further instruction as
to how to get to the boot prompt be provided?
>How-To-Repeat:
http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ120.html#120
>Fix:
Index: admin.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/FAQ/admin.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 admin.sgml
--- admin.sgml 1999/07/11 18:03:59 1.25
+++ admin.sgml 1999/07/26 12:28:15
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
<p>if it's a floppy, or this:
<verb>
- mount -t msdos /dev/sd2s4 /zip
+ mount -t msdos /dev/da2s4 /zip
</verb>
<p>for a ZIP disk with the factory configuration.
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
<p>For other disks, see how they're laid out using <tt/fdisk/ or
<tt>/stand/sysinstall</tt>.
- <p>The rest of the examples will be for a ZIP drive on sd2, the third
+ <p>The rest of the examples will be for a ZIP drive on da2, the third
SCSI disk.
<p>Unless it's a floppy, or a removable you plan on sharing with
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@
and just use the BSD partitioning:
<verb>
- dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd2 count=2
- disklabel -Brw sd2 auto
+ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rda2 count=2
+ disklabel -Brw da2 auto
</verb>
<p>You can use disklabel or <tt>/stand/sysinstall</tt> to create multiple
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@
using the whole disk:
<verb>
- newfs /dev/rsd2c
+ newfs /dev/rda2c
</verb>
<p>and mount it:
<verb>
- mount /dev/sd2c /zip
+ mount /dev/da2c /zip
</verb>
<p>and it's probably a good idea to add a line like this to
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
future:
<verb>
- /dev/sd2c /zip ffs rw,noauto 0 0
+ /dev/da2c /zip ffs rw,noauto 0 0
</verb>
<sect1>
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@
<p>The secondary DOS partitions are found after ALL the primary
partitions. For example, if you have an "E" partition as the
second DOS partition on the second SCSI drive, you need to create
- the special files for "slice 5" in /dev, then mount /dev/sd1s5:
+ the special files for "slice 5" in /dev, then mount /dev/da1s5:
<verb>
# cd /dev
- # ./MAKEDEV sd1s5
- # mount -t msdos /dev/sd1s5 /dos/e
+ # ./MAKEDEV da1s5
+ # mount -t msdos /dev/da1s5 /dos/e
</verb>
<sect1>
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
FAT partition, under, say, <tt>/mnt</tt>.
<verb>
- dd if=/dev/rsd0a of=/mnt/bootsect.bsd bs=512 count=1
+ dd if=/dev/rda0a of=/mnt/bootsect.bsd bs=512 count=1
</verb>
<p>Reboot into DOS or NT. NTFS users copy the <tt/bootsect.bsd/
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
For example, if your FreeBSD SCSI disk is probed by BIOS as BIOS
disk 1, at the FreeBSD boot loader prompt you need to specify:
<verb>
- Boot: 1:sd(0,a)/kernel
+ Boot: 1:da(0,a)/kernel
</verb>
<p>On FreeBSD 2.2.5 and later, you can configure <htmlurl
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
this for example with
<verb>
- dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0 count=15
+ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rda0 count=15
</verb>
<p>Alternatively, the undocumented DOS ``feature''
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