Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 10:53:08 +1000 From: Alastair Rankine <alastair@cia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Cannot mount root Message-ID: <v03110702aff078b84010@[203.3.122.67]>
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Hi FreeBSD experts, I installed a SCSI disk into my box the other day, and put FreeBSD 2.2.2 onto it. Previously it was running FreeBSD 2.2.2 on the IDE disk. All works just fine except that I can't seem to get it to remember where to mount the root file system. The only way to start it up at present is to type "1:sd(0,a)kernel" at the boot prompt. I have tried recompiling my kernel to tell it that root should be on sd0: config kernel root on sd0 .. but for some reason it tries to mount the root filesystem on sd1, not sd0. Then panics because I don't have an sd1. I'm not sure if this is relevant, but the problem also happens if I boot with "sd(0,a)kernel", that is without the "1:" prefix. Any suggestions? -- [ Alastair Rankine ] [ pgp D6E9 DC10 7B7A 9269 0F14 882D E9D9 D4D5 ] [ home mailto:alastair@cia.com.au http://www.cia.com.au/alastair ] [ work mailto:alastair@progmatics.com.au http://www.progmatics.com.au ]
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