Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 21:28:52 -0500 (EST) From: Jeff Hoffman <jeffh@cybernetics.net> To: FreeBSD-Questions@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: panic: cannot mount root Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950214212234.20990A-100000@server0>
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I am trying to install FreeBSD on the following computer: Maximus Magna Artist Pro Multimedia 90mhz Pentium 32mb RAM 1gig Fujitsu SCSI-3 HDD NCR 53c825 Fast/Wide SCSI Controller Plextor 4PLEX Quad-spin CD-ROM #9 Imagine-128 Video Board (use Xaccel for this, since XF86 won't work) 3.5" QIC-80 Tape (IOMEGA Tape250) The strange thing is, I had FreeBSD running on this machine before. Then, I reformatted my drive to add Windows NT, and when I go back to install FreeBSD I cannot get past this problem as I did before. This is the information from bootup that I could write down: changing root device to fd0c fd0c: hard error reading fsbn 16 of 16-31 (ST0 40<abnrml> ST1 4<sec_not_fnd> ST2 0 cyl 0 hd 0 sec 17) panic: cannot mount root rebooting in 15 seconds, blah blah When I reboot, my BIOS reports that my floppy drive(s) fail. Before, after rebooting a few times it finally went past this point and I installed FreeBSD, never to bother with it again. I am trying to install 2.0R from the Walnut Creek CD-ROM. This time, however, after I reboot, it scans my floppy drive, and then boots NT as if there is no disk in the drive. I have to power my computer off and back on, or boot NT and re-start to get it to recognize the floppy again. The only thing that has changed since my last installation is the addition of the IOMEGA Tape250 QIC-80 drive. If anyone has any suggestions or help, I'd sincerely appreciate it. -jeff
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