Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 08:23:45 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: Steve Marmer <ids@interlog.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Panic mounting root Message-ID: <3205E7D1.61C@ime.net> References: <199608050404.AAA19034@gold.interlog.com>
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Steve Marmer wrote: > > I get a panic on boot, after all the hardware stuff, about the inability > to mount root. > > Hardware: 4G Quantum Atlas FastWide Scsi-2 > AHA1542CF FAST SCSI-2 > (using a 6?-50 pin adapter) > > I have enabled the AHA1542 option "Translate Drives >1G". Since newfs > worked I assume the problems with this have been fixed. My disk starts > with a 950Meg DOS partition (slice). The next "slice" is 1G FreeBSD. > I've been pretty careful ensuring the root part'n is fully below the > magic 1G boundary. Have I not been careful enough? Could something else > be the problem? > > Thanks for any and all help... Not to start a war! I know some dissagree! But bootable partitions *must* be under cylinder 1024. (504M) This is a limitation of the PC System BIOS boot code! -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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