Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:36:55 -0400 From: "Mark S. Reichman" <reichman@twcny.rr.com> To: Jesper Blomstrom <jeppe@partitur.se>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Big problem for me, not for you? Message-ID: <37BC8707.C925F32D@twcny.rr.com> References: <37BBB42E.12ACDE2D@partitur.se>
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Is your swap partition on wd1 or wd0.. See below.. Jesper Blomstrom wrote: > > Hi, > > I have installed FreeBSD on a separate harddisk, and my other disk > contains Windows. > TheWindows-disk is set to primary master and the FreeBSD-disk is set to > primary slave. > I have also installed a bootMGR. > If I want to run Windows everything is o.k, and Windows starts without > problem. But I do not want > to run Windows ;) and when I choose FreeBSD it seems to boot normal but > then it fails with the error: > Panic:cant mount root > I understand that this error comes from confusion between the boot > blockīs and the kernelīs understanding of the disk devices. I have > therefore > tried to stop the OS from booting and at the boot-prompt I have tried to > start the system with the following combinations: > > 1:wd(1,a)kernel = This one I think is the correct way to boot, but it > fails with the messages: > > Changing root device to wd1s1a It seems to have found your root partition OK.. No errors.. > Swapon: /dev/wd0s1: Invalid argument > Automatic reeboot in progress > Canīt open /dev/wd0s1a: Invalid argument Isnt your swap partition on wd1 not wd0... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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