Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 23:23:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Gary L. Leung" <garyl@uclink3.berkeley.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't mount root Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960808232250.222L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.93.960807224837.24900A-100000@uclink3.berkeley.edu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, Gary L. Leung wrote: > i installed freebsd successfully and boot it from a floppy. at the Boot: > prompt i entered 1:sd(0,a)kernel because i installed bsd on the second > partition of my second drive. it then reaches a line which says 'panic: > can't mount root' and reboots. how can i fix that? You have a SCSI disk? That line boots the kernel off of the FIRST disk in the SCSI disk chain. I think you wanted this for a double-IDE situation: wd(1,a)/kernel Or am I misinterpeting you? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSI.3.94.960808232250.222L-100000>