Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 19:59:36 -0500 From: "Robert M. Luedtke" <rluedtke@freewwweb.com> To: freeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: panic: cannot mount root Message-ID: <09b021859000f89SM1@mail.austin.rr.com>
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> THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --MS_Mac_OE_3017505576_2290322_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Hello all, I have installed 2.2.8 on two different machines and have ended up with the same problem. I used V Communications Partition Commander to partition my hard disk. I have Win98 installed on the first partition. I installed 2.2.8 on the second partition on one machine and on the third partition on another machine. I tried using System Commander as the boot manager. I also tried using dos fdisk to switch between the active partitions to choose which one to boot (thus not using any boot management software.) I also tried using booteasy. I installed from CDROM and from an MS-DOS directory. The problem that keeps happening is after I install, I can boot FreeBSD okay maybe one, two, or three times, but then I get the following error at the end of a boot sequence: wd0: cannot find label (I/O error) wd0s3: cannot find label (I/O error) panic: cannot mount root syncing disks... done Automatic reboot in 15 seconds. I have gotten Linux and BeOS to run okay on the second or third partition and have been able to boot them numerous times. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as I really like FreeBSD from a philosophical view. Thanks, Robert --MS_Mac_OE_3017505576_2290322_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>panic: cannot mount root</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#FFFFFF"> <TT>Hello all,<BR> I have installed 2.2.8 on two different machines and have ended up with the= <BR> same problem. I used V Communications Partition Commander to partitio= n my<BR> hard disk. I have Win98 installed on the first partition. I ins= talled<BR> 2.2.8 on the second partition on one machine and on the third partition on<= BR> another machine. I tried using System Commander as the boot manager. = I<BR> also tried using dos fdisk to switch between the active partitions to choos= e<BR> which one to boot (thus not using any boot management software.) I al= so<BR> tried using booteasy. I installed from CDROM and from an MS-DOS direc= tory.<BR> The problem that keeps happening is after I install, I can boot FreeBSD oka= y<BR> maybe one, two, or three times, but then I get the following error at the<B= R> end of a boot sequence:<BR> <BR> wd0: cannot find label (I/O error)<BR> wd0s3: cannot find label (I/O error)<BR> panic: cannot mount root<BR> <BR> syncing disks... done<BR> Automatic reboot in 15 seconds.<BR> <BR> I have gotten Linux and BeOS to run okay on the second or third partition<B= R> and have been able to boot them numerous times.<BR> <BR> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as I really like FreeBSD from a= <BR> philosophical view.<BR> Thanks,<BR> Robert</TT> </BODY> </HTML> --MS_Mac_OE_3017505576_2290322_MIME_Part-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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