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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!bnrgate!bnr.co.uk!uknet!zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk!lessen From: lessen@axion.bt.co.uk (Lee Essen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Hard disk booting problem Date: 20 May 1993 06:51:45 GMT Organization: BT Laboratories Lines: 40 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1tf9q1$qep@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk> References: <1993May10.090308.17322@goya.uu.es> <raymond.737835108@cab103> NNTP-Posting-Host: jammy.axion.bt.co.uk In article <raymond.737835108@cab103>, raymond@cs.UAlberta.CA (Au Raymond Tung) writes: |> cantera@dit.upm.es (Antonio Ruiz Cantera) writes: |> |> |> > |> > I am installing 386BSD on my 486/33, and I have a problem with the hard disks. |> |> |> > - First, when booting with diskette, it doesn't detect the second hard disk. |> |> > It says, something like this: |> |> > wd0 CONNER 3204/F (200M) 0x1F irq14 on ISA |> |> > but nothing about the Maxtor disk, I supposse wd1. |> |> [stuff deleted] |> I have exactly the same problem except I have two Maxtor hard drives. |> Any help would be greatly appreciated. |> |> |> Thanks, |> Raymond Au. |> I think you'll find that the second disk isn't even probed for unless you have stated in your config that you have two disks. I can't remember the format but it's something like... controller wdc0 at isa?.......etc........ disk wd0 at wdc0 drive0 disk wd1 at wdc0 drive1 Make sure you have the wd1 line in (check the format) and recompile your kernel. Lee.