Subject: Re: Install won't allow selection of wd2
To: Matthew Miller <namille2@vt.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-install
Date: 03/31/2000 12:33:58
	As a workaround you could disconnect one of the first two disks
	and the kernel should probe your desired disk as wd1...


		David/absolute

On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Matthew Miller wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm trying to install 1.4.2. During boot up of the install disks the kernel
> detects all of my harddisks, wd0, wd1 on the first channel and wd2 on the
> second. But when I go to the "Install NetBSD to hard disks" menu selection
> and select yes to continue I get this:
> "I have found the following disks: wd0 wd1" it doesn't list wd2 and doesn't
> allow me to enter it as an option.
> 
> I'm doing this on an old IBM Valuepoint 486. Any pointers or information
> would be most welcome. I've checked that wd2 is the master with the IDE
> cdrom set as slave. Right now I'm at a lose...
> 
> Thank you,  Matthew
> 
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