Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 20:36:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Daniel Sobral <Daniel_Sobral@voga.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting on secondary master Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970917203502.5533D-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <03256515.0069AC99.00@papagaio.voga.com.br>
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On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Daniel Sobral wrote: > I have just install a FreeBSD current (world from 15-16/09, original > installation from may (22?) snap), but I'm facing a peculiar problem. If I > let FreeBSD boot by itself, it will try 1:wd(1,a)/kernel, whereas it is > installed on wd(2,a). I have tried changing this with nextboot, but it > didn't work. So, I have to type the correct address every time I boot > FreeBSD. You might try creating /boot.config and put "1:wd(1,a)/kernel" in that file. Or try the following: If you get the message: panic: Cannot mount root At the end of the probe sequence you should either: 1. Have the line: config kernel root on wd2 in your kernel config, OR: 2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other parameters unchanged). > The configuration is a P75 with an hd on primary master, a cdrom on primary > slave, and the FreeBSD hd on secondary master. > > On a side note, I'm having trouble with an 3c509 (way slow, won't answer to > pings, will stop working after a time), but I haven't gone through all > possible causes yet (still need to change IRQ and disable PNP). But... This > card *does* work, right? It says so in the FAQ... Yes, it is well supported. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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