From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Sep 3 1:32:21 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.92]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA6537B422 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 01:32:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from teabag.demon.co.uk ([193.237.4.110]) by anchor-post-34.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 13VVCL-0006pT-0Y for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 09:32:17 +0100 Received: from localhost (cbh@localhost) by teabag.demon.co.uk (8.11.0/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e838V3Z37097 for ; Sun, 3 Sep 2000 09:31:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from cbh@teabag.demon.co.uk) Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 09:31:03 +0100 (BST) From: Chris Hedley X-Sender: cbh@teabag.cbhnet To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SCSI disks. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, petro wrote: > Hi! I have the following problem: > I installed FreeBSD 4.1 on Compaq Proliant with SCSI disks. I tried to > change in kernel such parameters > config kernel root on wd0 > to > config kernel root on id0 > also I added such strings > controller ida0 > disk id0 at ida0 drive0 > disk id1 at ida0 drive1 > > but when i try to > config KERNEL_NAME > I receive such message > config id:unknown device > config; line 36: no root device specified. As I understand it, the problem is that there isn't necessarily a direct naming convention between the controller and the devices which use it: you still need to specify scbus (I think) and use the da (discs), sa (tapes), cd (cdroms) and pass (passthrough) devices as per standard SCSI configuration. I don't think it's necessary to specify each disc individually, but rather as a "meta-driver;" that said, I've been using the 5.0 configuration for ages so please check all this against the 4.x standards! Also, I think that since release 4, specifying the root device in your kernel config may be more trouble than it's worth; someone with more experience may wish to either elaborate or correct as they see fit! Cheers, Chris. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message