Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 22:53:13 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: tony@rtd.com (Tony Jones) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wiring down scsi id's Message-ID: <199512132153.WAA23296@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199512131648.JAA25533@seagull.rtd.com> from "Tony Jones" at Dec 13, 95 09:48:49 am
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As Tony Jones wrote: > > I asked this on -questions and didn't get any replies. > Can anyone give me some suggestions ? > Have 3 scsi discs > id0 quantum (Win95) > id1 dec (FreeBSD root/usr/var) > id2 dec (FreeBSD src/home) > So, I decided I'd fix down the scsi id's > > config kernel root on sd0 > > disk sd0 at scbus0 target 1 > disc sd1 at scbus0 target 2 > > I _thought_ this would do the trick. > > Works OK if the Quantum is removed/powered off. > > If I add the Quantum back in ... System boots with the Quantum in place, > assigns id0 to sd2, id1 to sd0 and id2 to sd1. > Then it sets root device to *sd1* and barfs trying to mount root as > sd1a. Seems to be getting sd1 from the fact that I'm booting off > id1. Your problem is the BIOS, not FreeBSD. You have to boot from different devices at the boot: prompt, since they reflect the BIOS' idea, not FreeBSD's idea. (That's why there is the ``hd'' hint.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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