Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 21:44:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Adrian Li <unixwise@unforgettable.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: EIDE hard disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970818214236.2488M-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <33F86856.D23940A8@unforgettable.com>
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On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Adrian Li wrote: > hi all > > just wonder if the current version of FreeBSD 2.2.x work fine work Mode > 4 E-IDE hard disk or not, coz I have a copy of FreeBSD 2.1.5, however it > couldn't recongised my 3.2G E-IDE hard disk. it just panic when I boot > up the 'boot' disk. No, it's probably recognized, just not set up properly. Move your disk onto your primary controller and do 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). For the record, the IDE disk driver in FreeBSD isn't yet PIO optimized, although a project is available that will run Mode 4 disks in Mode 4. Let me know if you're interested and are good at making backups. 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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