Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 10:16:47 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Tim Provencio <tprovenc@CUSD.Chico.k12.Ca.US> Cc: support@cdrom.com, support@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on Problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960921101244.7984B-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <v01540b02ae68973ff343@[198.189.19.17]>
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On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Tim Provencio wrote: > I bought FreeBSD a little while ago and love it. I have had a few sucessful > installations while bopping back and forth from operating system to operating > system. Recently I have a stumper.... > > The configuration is as such: > I run a Windows 95 machine that in the past has devoted part of > a gig to FreeBSD. Well I added a second gig for solely FreeBSD > use so I can run both operating systems on the machine at once > with a drive to each. Soo... > > Machine (Pentium 100MHz, Triton, 16 Megabyte, Onboard I/O Controllers) has: > Fujitsu 1 Gig, Master on Primary PCI IDE controller (dos & extended dos > partitions) > CD Rom (IDE), Slave on Primary PCI IDE Controller > Quantum Fireball 1.2 gig, Master on Sencondary PCI IDE Controller > (set up using Novice FreeBSD install, was FreeBSD in another machine) > Floppies, etc, no SCSI or anything else, only PPP networking > > Now, here is what happens... > > It starts up fine, boot selector working, etc. Problem is when you choose > to boot disk 2 (FreeBSD) it boots, goes thru detection of devices (haven't > tuned out unneeded one yet). It detects everything fine but when it comes > to the time to mount the filesystem it says > > PANIC: > Unable to mount root > and then goes into an automatic reboot state. > > What gives... this is the only problem I've had with this software and I > figured it had to be a real simple solution that I just overlooked. I have > went back and checked the Installing & Running guide to no avail. > HELP! > > Thank You > > ---Tim Provencio - Network Analyst > tprovenc@CUSD.Chico.K12.Ca.US > http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~tprovenc > > > > This is becoming a FAQ! You don't specify the version of FreeBSD you use. I've seen this in 2.1.0, and I suspect it might be a bit different in 2.1.5, but the bottom line is: Build a kernel, and make the configuration file have line that reads: config kernel root on wd2 To make that kernel you'll have to temporarily move the disk to another position (to get it to boot...). The best I think would be to put it on wd0, do the complete installation, make a new kernel, change /etc/fstab, and then connect it as wd2. The other option is have the root partition on the first disk (I don't think Win95 will miss those few MBs). Again, I went into the subject in 2.1.0 days. If it has changed in 2.1.5, please someone, correct me. Nadav
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