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Date:      Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:35:31 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Christoph Sold <christoph.sold@pk.she.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installation Problem (2.2.5-RELEASE on second IDE master)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402003450.8262C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <l03130300b147b13a053d@[194.45.219.71]>

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On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Christoph Sold wrote:

> wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa
> wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <QUANTUM FIREBALL640A>
> wd0: 612MB (1253952 sectors), 1244 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
> wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 on isa
> wdc1: unit 0 (wd2): <ST32122A>
> wd2: 2014MB (4124736 sectors), 4092 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
> npx0 flags 0x1 on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> changing root device to wd1a          <===== WHY? Isn't wd2 correct? ========
> panic: cannot mount root              <===== OOOOOOPS! ======================
> syncing disks... done

Classic crossed devices panic.  Did I send you my Cant Mount Root
boilerplate already?  

Easy fix: move your second hard drive onto your primary controller.

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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