Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 19:41:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Paul Gregg <pdgregg@ww-interlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: free BSD2.2.2 install Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971031193925.19820G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <345A415B.9E23C22B@ww-interlink.net>
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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Paul Gregg wrote: > Trying to install freeBSD2.2.2 on AMD 486 133 system with award bios. > Have atapi cdrom but using the install from dos partion option. Have two > ide hard drives Drive 0 is 233 meg drive 1 is 1 gig. I have tried > various settings in bios for 2nd drive. Setting up without partitions or > with and various settings in the partition setup in the install > procedure have pretty much same results. Unable to mount root. How are the configurations of the IDE controllers? If your second disk is on the second controller then that explains your mount problems. Try moving it onto your primary controller, then follow these instructions. If you get the message: panic: Cannot mount root At the end of the probe sequence you should either: 1. Have the line: config kernel root on wd2 in your kernel config, OR: 2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other parameters unchanged). Hope this helps. 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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