Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 11:23:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Dolent <dolent@southernmafia.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: my system Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980116112317.1445D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34BD6668.CC9334AB@southernmafia.org>
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On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Dolent wrote: > hello, I am trying to get FreeBSD to work on my system but when I boot > up, it says that it is unable to mout root, and then it reboots. > This is my system: > p233 mmx (not p2) > 64 megs ram > 6.4 gig primary hard drive (windows, etc.) > 3.5 gig secondary slave hard drive (What I want FreeBSD on) > the rest shouldn't matter really > if you have any suggestions or questions, just tell me please Had you checked the mail archives, you would have received this: 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). 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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