Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:31:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: John McWhirter <silentbob@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PANIC!!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808112331230.28795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35CCEDAA.576AA085@home.com>
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On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, John McWhirter wrote: > when I restart after installation I get > > panic: cannot mount root > > I've tried the fix outlined in the FreeBSD FAQ(2.24) > > "To fix the problem, do one of the following: > > 1.At the Boot: prompt, enter 1:wd(2,a)/kernel and press Enter. > If the system starts, then run the command > > echo "1:wd(2,a)/kernel" > /boot.config > > to make it the default boot string. > > 2.Move the FreeBSD disk onto the primary IDE controller, so the hard > disks are > consecutive." > > That did not work, I think because the drive I want to boot from is > already on the > primary IDE controller. > > can someone help me out with this... Okay, then you have a different problem. Please describe your disk setup, partitions, etc.. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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