From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 24 03:41:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA09564 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 03:41:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA09559 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 03:41:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.053 #1) id 0ziGq3-0003kl-00; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:40:59 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id LAA02449; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:40:26 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA05347; Tue, 24 Nov 98 11:40:25 GMT Message-Id: <365A9AFD.82C8F28C@uk.radan.com> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:39:41 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Federico Rossi Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing problem References: <000701be179e$9ee482c0$0e2bfa8d@felli.isten.ing.unipg.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Federico Rossi wrote: > > 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 ? > This error is explained in the FAQ. Go to www.freebsd.org, follow the FAQ link, then section 2.25 (I think) HTH > Thank you. > -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message