Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 00:35:39 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Schneider <buster@cats.ucsc.edu> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> Subject: Re: A simple question Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970206002549.15907A-100000@am.UCSC.EDU> In-Reply-To: <32E7196A.F7C@barcode.co.il>
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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Nadav Eiron wrote: > Doug White wrote: > > > > On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Dave Schneider wrote: > > > > > I was wondering if you could solve a problem for me. I'm trying to > > > install FreeBSD on my p5 133Mhz. I have two hard drives installed on > > > different IDE ports, rather than both on one with one master and the other > > > one slave. I would like to set up DOS on one and UNIX on the other using > > > the boot manager to choose. After I install UNIX on the 2nd disk, with DOS > > > on the first, it boots DOS without asking about UNIX. When I Have it set > > > up the other way around, with UNIX as the 1st disk and DOS as the 2nd the > > > boot manager comes up but does not have a selection for DOS and both > > > choices go to UNIX. What do I need to do? > > > > Install Booteasy on the first disk. FreeBSD's sysinstall is a bit stupid > > when it comes to doing the Right Thing when installing Booteasy -- if you > > install on the second disk, that's where it goes. > > > > Follow these simple instructions: > > > > 1. copy bootinst.exe and boot.bin off the CDROM or ftp site from /tools > > to your hard disk > > 2. run bootinst > > 3. Reboot and use. > > > > Hope this helps. > > This probably will not be enough. You'll need to write the line: > 1:wd(2,a)/kernel > > at the boot prompt to get it to boot. Once you do that, edit your kernel > configuration file and change the config line to read: > config kernel root on wd2 > > rebuild the kernel, install it, and be happy! > Well, it's better not but still not working. I ran the bootinst.exe program and got the boot manager working. I then got it to boot using the 1:wd(1,a)/kernel command. I rebuilt the kernel changing the config line. All seemed right in the world. When I rebooted it gave me and error and rebooted again after the following lines: changing root device to wd1a panic: can't mount root I know I changed the config line to the one Nadav sugested. Any help? thanks > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Nadav >
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