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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!hunter.premier.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!206.250.118.17!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: Stephen Newman <stephen@bdt.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: First boot after install, cant mount root Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:57:53 -0800 Organization: BDT Network Operations Center Lines: 49 Message-ID: <32E91441.6CB692AC@bdt.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nextleap.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.28 i586) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:34059 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) > Organization Private BSD site, Dresden > Date 11 Jan 1997 00:00:24 GMT > Newsgroups comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > Message-ID <5b6l6o$q9r@uriah.heep.sax.de> > References 1 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Andrew" <nilwill@pathcom.com> wrote: > > > changing root device to wd1a > ^ > > panic: cannot mount root > > > The second drive is a Quantum 1280 Fireball (wd2). > ^ > > Therein lies the rub. > > Boot with: > > 1:wd(2,a)/kernel > > To make this the default, build and install new bootblocks, after > modifying /sys/i386/boot/biosboot/Makefile (the HD_BIAS parameter). > To finally install them on the disk, you need > > disklabel -B wd2 I had the same problem, I can now boot adding 1:wd(2,a)kernel But I have not been able to configure new bootblocks. In the Makefile I uncommented the HD_BIAS parameter and added: CFLAGS+= -DBOOT_HD_BIAS=2 Then typed make, and make install then did a disklabel -B wd2 It still boots wrong, what am I doing wrong here? Steve > -- > 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. ;-)