From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 21 17:16:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA07527 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 17:16:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nwalme.pair.com (nwalme.pair.com [209.68.1.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA07055 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 17:15:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@nwalme.pair.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by nwalme.pair.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id UAA29645; Thu, 21 May 1998 20:13:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199805220013.UAA29645@nwalme.pair.com> X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cannot mount root To: fmenard@mediatrix.com (Francois Menard) Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 20:13:36 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from Francois Menard at "May 20, 98 08:46:13 am" From: Dima Dorfman X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG /boot.config should look like: 0:wd(2,a)kernel I'm not sure if the filename is correct, maybe boot.conf? > The problem wasn't related at all to the F00F bug ... maybe the kernel > could say something like "installing F00F workaround,... successful" > such as not to leave the F00F bug workaround issue up in the air, like I > thought it was... The problem was that I am booting FreeBSD from my > second hard disk, but I select it as the boot drive from my BIOS ... > this is a Toshiba portable ... anyhow, now it works well when I specify > 0:wd(2,a)kernel on the command line of the boot loader (any way to > automate this ?) > > -=Francois=- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dima Dorfman [mailto:dima@zwb.net] > Sent: 19 May, 1998 5:41 PM > To: fmenard@mediatrix.com > Subject: Re: cannot mount root > > > What problem? I take it from the subject that it says "panic: cannot > mount root" and reboots. If this is the case, I need to know how yopur > hard drive is laid out. No sizes, but specify where FreeBSD is > installed > ("/" mount) > > > Hope this helps! > > > I have the same FreeBSD problem then you had ... did you find a > solution > > ? > > > > -=Francois=- > > > > > -- > Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) > > "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 > Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ > > Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message