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Date:      Wed, 22 Jan 1997 23:29:33 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Igor Panasenko <Igor_Panasenko@p10.f213.n2504.z2.fidonet.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Questions.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970122232847.15372b-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <32E0FCA3@gate.phantom.ru>

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On Fri, 17 Jan 1997, Igor Panasenko wrote:

> 
> Dear friends,
> 
>     My computer is used as server of a network. On computer is installed 
> FreeBSD version 2.1.5R. A plenty of time, the station works in automatic 
> mode without participation of the operator. The problem in following - 
> FreeBSD is installed on HDD which is installed as slave. Accordingly, when 
> I compiled kernel I has established the following option "root config on 
> wd1 ". At load kernel it 
> is required to specify a key "-r", that kernel and the system used second 
> HDD. As I can establish this key by default? You see, the input of this 
> key requires presence of the operator of the computer. But the operator 
> can not always be present about computer (for example on weekends the 
> operator is away :).

If it's WD2 it's not the slave, it's the primary on the second controller.  

Try:

1.  Moving the disk so it's the first in the system. <- best
2.  Moving the disk so it's the slave on the primary controller.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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