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            systems, with the hard disks arranged as the master or
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            systems, with the hard disks arranged as the master or
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            single device on separate IDE controllers, with FreeBSD
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            single device on separate IDE controllers, with FreeBSD
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            installed on the secondary IDE controller. The boot blocks
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            installed on the secondary IDE controller. The boot blocks
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            think the system is installed on ad0 (the second BIOS
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            think the system is installed on <devicename>ad0</devicename> (the second BIOS
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            disk) while the kernel assigns the first disk on the
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            disk) while the kernel assigns the first disk on the
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            secondary controller device, ad2. After the device
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            secondary controller device, <devicename>ad2</devicename>. After the device
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            probing, the kernel tries to mount what the boot blocks
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            probing, the kernel tries to mount what the boot blocks
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            think is the boot disk, ad0, while it is really ad2, and
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            think is the boot disk, <devicename>ad0</devicename>, while it is really <devicename>ad2</devicename>, and
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            fails.</para>
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            fails.</para>
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          <para>To fix the problem, do one of the following:</para>
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          <para>To fix the problem, do one of the following:</para>
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                  drop you into the boot loader.</para>
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                  drop you into the boot loader.</para>
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                <para>Then type
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                <para>Then type
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                  <literal>
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                  <userinput>
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                  set
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                  set
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                  root_disk_unit="<replaceable>disk_number</replaceable>"
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                  root_disk_unit="<replaceable>disk_number</replaceable>"
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                  </literal>. <replaceable>disk_number</replaceable>
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                  </userinput>. <replaceable>disk_number</replaceable>
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                  will be <literal>0</literal> if FreeBSD is installed
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                  will be <literal>0</literal> if FreeBSD is installed
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                  on the master drive on the first IDE controller,
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                  on the master drive on the first IDE controller,
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                  <literal>1</literal> if it is installed on the slave
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                  <literal>1</literal> if it is installed on the slave
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                  installed on the slave of the second IDE
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                  installed on the slave of the second IDE
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                  controller.</para>
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                  controller.</para>
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                <para>Then type <literal>boot</literal>, and your
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                <para>Then type <userinput>boot</userinput>, and your
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                  system should boot correctly.</para>
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                  system should boot correctly.</para>
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                <para>To make this change permanent (i.e, so you do not
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                <para>To make this change permanent (i.e, so you do not
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                  have to do this every time you reboot or turn on
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                  have to do this every time you reboot or turn on
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                  your FreeBSD machine), put the line <literal>
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                  your FreeBSD machine), put the line <userinput>
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                  root_disk_unit="<replaceable>disk_number</replaceable>"</literal>
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                  root_disk_unit="<replaceable>disk_number</replaceable>"</userinput>
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                  in <filename>/boot/loader.conf.local
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                  in <filename>/boot/loader.conf.local
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                  </filename>.</para>
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                  </filename>.</para>
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              </listitem>
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              </listitem>

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