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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:28:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Rich Capenegro <rcapenegro@brookdale.cc.nj.us>
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Subject: Re: Can't boot after installation!
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On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Rich Capenegro wrote:

> I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.7 on my secondary master hard drive.  I
> had no problems during installation but when I went to boot after
> installation It started to boot normally but when it went to mount
> root it gave me an error Panic: can not mount root.  I rebooted the
> system and at the boot prompt I typed wd(2,a)kernel, when I hit enter
> i got a message like Error: D:0x82 C:0 H:0 S:0.  I have had this
> problem since version 2.2.6 came out.  I have tried recompiling the
> kernel changing the kernel on device option to wd2, as well as a few
> other solutions I read on the newsgroups.  I have not been able to get
> a successfull installation on mt machine.  I have included my machine
> configuration below. I had exahsted all my other recources I hope you
> can help me.  Thank you for your help.

Your machine maps your CDROM as a bootable device, and so you can only
boot from the WD 4.1GB and the CDROM.  Swap your other WD and the CDROM so
the WDs are on the same controller.

> 
> CPU: Pentium 233MMX
> Memory 128MB (simms)
> 
> Primary IDE controler: 
>      Device 1: Western Digital 4.1GB HD
>      Device 2: Toshiba CD-ROM
> 
> Secondary IDE controller:
>     Device 1: Western Digital 3.1GB HD
>     Device 2: Iomega ATAPI internal ZIP
> 

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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