From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jul 26 5:41:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E45301532F for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 05:41:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id FAA51059; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 05:40:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from leap.innerx.net (leap.innerx.net [38.179.176.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B16A1532A for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 05:31:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (ip47.houston3.tx.pub-ip.psi.net [38.12.169.47]) by leap.innerx.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A18E370B4 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 08:31:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA81916; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 07:32:32 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from chris) Message-Id: <199907261232.HAA81916@holly.dyndns.org> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 07:32:32 -0500 (CDT) From: chris@calldei.com Reply-To: chris@calldei.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/12818: [Patch] doc/FAQ/admin.sgml refers to old sd device Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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 @@

if it's a floppy, or this: - mount -t msdos /dev/sd2s4 /zip + mount -t msdos /dev/da2s4 /zip

for a ZIP disk with the factory configuration. @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@

For other disks, see how they're laid out using /stand/sysinstall. -

The rest of the examples will be for a ZIP drive on sd2, the third +

The rest of the examples will be for a ZIP drive on da2, the third SCSI disk.

Unless it's a floppy, or a removable you plan on sharing with @@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ and just use the BSD partitioning: - 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

You can use disklabel or /stand/sysinstall to create multiple @@ -139,13 +139,13 @@ using the whole disk: - newfs /dev/rsd2c + newfs /dev/rda2c

and mount it: - mount /dev/sd2c /zip + mount /dev/da2c /zip

and it's probably a good idea to add a line like this to @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ future: - /dev/sd2c /zip ffs rw,noauto 0 0 + /dev/da2c /zip ffs rw,noauto 0 0 @@ -163,12 +163,12 @@

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: # cd /dev - # ./MAKEDEV sd1s5 - # mount -t msdos /dev/sd1s5 /dos/e + # ./MAKEDEV da1s5 + # mount -t msdos /dev/da1s5 /dos/e @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ FAT partition, under, say, /mnt. - dd if=/dev/rsd0a of=/mnt/bootsect.bsd bs=512 count=1 + dd if=/dev/rda0a of=/mnt/bootsect.bsd bs=512 count=1

Reboot into DOS or NT. NTFS users copy the - Boot: 1:sd(0,a)/kernel + Boot: 1:da(0,a)/kernel

On FreeBSD 2.2.5 and later, you can configure - dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0 count=15 + dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rda0 count=15

Alternatively, the undocumented DOS ``feature'' >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message