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From: UEBAYASHI Masao <s55201@hongo.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can you install FreeBSD on a second hard drive?
Date: 19 Jun 1997 10:22:17 +0900
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isoft@pacbell.net (Rick Lee) writes:
> I have FreeBSD 2.1, 2 CD ROM set, and trying to install on second hard
> drive. Installs fine but cannot boot.

If you use 2 IDE drives, try

    Boot: 1:wd(1,a)/kernel

BTW...

Like this thing, ``Second hard drive?'' problem appears terribly freqently.
Why isn't this thing solved yet now? Is *BSD booting system obsolete
compared to Linux systems?

-- 
Thanks for reading my *japanenglish*
  UEBAYASHI Masao
    email <s55201@hongo.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
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