Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 23:33:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Jaime Kikpole <jaime@malkav.snowmoon.com> To: hexavenger@anti-social.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root mount error Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910092327570.47908-100000@malkav.snowmoon.com> In-Reply-To: <199910100308.XAA06908@gold1.digiweb.com>
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 hexavenger@anti-social.com wrote: > I installed free bsd fine, but when i went to run it, i got a message > that said error: can not mount root. I have 3 partitions on my disk, > the first in windows, the second for file storage, and the third for > freebsd. i looked in the manual and it said to type a certain thing, > and when i tried it, it still didn't work, what could i possibly do? OK, first thing is first.... What did the manual tell you to type, at what point did it tell you to type it, etc. Now for some info for you to consider. Maybe this will help make the manual that you're using make a bit more sense. What FreeBSD calls a "slice" is what Windows calls a "partition". Within that slice, FreeBSD makes what it calls "partitions". See the possible confussion? So, by way of example, root is a partition within a slice. Also, when you said "the second for file storage", did you mean file storage under Windows? If so, it will most likely be a FAT16 or FAT32 file system on that partition. (I'm just being picky here.... As long as you didn't try to use this in FreeBSD without making special considerations, this isn't a big deal.) Jaime To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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