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Date:      Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:05:01 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Jen &/or Gary <timmreck@whidbey.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Help
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971119100351.3360C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34725E6C.2828@whidbey.com>

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On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Jen &/or Gary wrote:

> I have a 486dx4 100 and a tekram dc680t hard drive controller.
> I am trying to install freebsd from a dos partition.
> I get an error message "cannot create root filesystem on /dev/wd1" (or
> something close to that. 

Hop over to the alt-F2 debug console and see if there are any error
messages.

Are you tring to install to an IDE or SCSI disk?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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