Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:36:00 +0100 From: "Federico Rossi" <rossi@ibm.isten.ing.unipg.it> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: installing problem Message-ID: <000701be179e$9ee482c0$0e2bfa8d@felli.isten.ing.unipg.it>
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Messaggio a pił sezioni in formato MIME. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE17A6.FDFA4580 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I recentely installed FreeBSD on a PII processor machine (64MB) with a = completely dedicated HD. The installation media was ftp. I followed the installation procedure = which is suggested for novice users. Every installation step was correct = (I think); I downloaded also X-windows basic files, but when I tried to = reboot the system it prompted: panic: cannot mount root. I tried to repeat the installation procedure many times, but the result = was always the same: panic: cannot mount root. What may I do ? Thank you. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE17A6.FDFA4580 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I recentely installed FreeBSD on a = PII processor=20 machine (64MB) with a completely dedicated HD.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>The installation media was ftp. = </FONT><FONT=20 color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I followed the installation procedure which is = suggested=20 for novice users. Every installation step was correct (I think); I = downloaded=20 also X-windows basic files, but when I tried to reboot the system it=20 prompted:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2>panic: cannot = mount=20 root.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I tried to repeat the installation procedure many = times, but=20 the result was always the same:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>panic: cannot mount root.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>What may I do ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thank you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE17A6.FDFA4580-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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