Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 17:17:14 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, tweten@ns.frihet.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NEC 6030X, FreeBSD 2.2.2, and the CDROM Message-ID: <199706220717.RAA24402@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>the CD acts as /dev/wd0. That gives me two choices. I always leave the CD >drawer in -- and always boot from the CD, or I can boot the first time into >single user mode, change /etc/fstab to refer to /dev/wd0 instead of /dev/wd1 >and never install the CD drawer again under FreeBSD. Other strategies produce >a panic, immediately after the kernel gets through probing devices. The cause >is inability to mount the root partition (because /etc/fstab points to the >"wrong" device). The panic is before /etc/fstab is read. I think the wd drive number doesn't actually change, it just doesn't match the BIOS drive number. Try booting with 1:wd(0,a)kernel or 0:wd(1,a)kernel. Bruce
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