Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:48:04 +1000 From: "Don Hansford" <donh@halenet.com.au> To: <FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Instalation Problems Message-ID: <00f501bf00bf$73940fe0$7b2137cb@igor> References: <4.1.19990917091718.00a95d90@mail.vpr.uiowa.edu>
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Chris I am no expert on BSD (hence me being here at Newbies) but the one thing I can pick up from your thread is that you are trying to boot from wd3. This translates to the Secondary Master (first drive on IDE2). The BIOS will not let you boot from this drive, unless it is following instructions set in the CMOS. If you have not altered your CMOS settings, then it will be looking to boot from IDE1 or FLOPPY1. Depending on the BIOS, set your boot parameters to IDE3 (if it starts at IDE1, or IDE2 if it starts at IDE0). Your boot manager will always try to load itself at sector 0 on "C:\ (IDE0 or 1). If you can tell me what the 'advanced" settings in your bios say (regards boot sequence) I may be able to help. I will also check with a friend who had a similar problem with Linux, and get back to you. Regards Igor Double your drive space - delete Windows! ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Manjoine <chris-manjoine@uiowa.edu> To: <FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 12:21 AM Subject: Instalation Problems > > hello, > > I get through the install quite fine when installing to wd3. But I have a boot > hd at wd1 I can't get the boot loader to boot the kernel on wd1 I get the error > error 6 panic cannot mount root. I read in the freebsd faq that I need to > assign the wd3 drive to boot in the kernel but I can't edit the kernel without > a shell to do it in. > > http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/install.html#AEN683 > ( I tried step one didn't work) > (step 2 is not an option) > (how do I do this without a shell to edit from?) > > is there any other solution for me to boot to wd3 drive? > > Chris Manjoine | DSP Webmaster | 335-3019 | chris-manjoine@uiowa.edu | 2B-2 > Glimore > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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