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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: wdc1 instead of wdc0?
Date: 27 Jul 1996 22:26:36 GMT
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Kristofer Pettersson <thek@enemy.public.se> wrote:

> When I tried to install FreeBSD (2.1R) the computer locks up, just after
> the boot disk has probed everything, and the screen goes blank. I think
> this has to do with the fact that wdc0 isn't found and that the install
> proggie isn't configured to use wdc1 instead. 

The install program would use any disk it can get hold of, regardless
of the controller this disk is sitting on.

Make sure to boot with -c, and disable all the devices you don't have.

-- 
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. ;-)