Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 23:06:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Vincent Ramos <vince@natserv.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970210230529.923E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199702110303.WAA08159@revelstone.jvm.com>
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On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Vincent Ramos wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBsd on a 2nd drive (scsi). The installation > seems to be completed correctly, but soon after I boot the system I get a > "root not mount" message followed by a panic message that reboots the > machine within 10 seconds. This happened after all the devices were mounted. > I have tried reinstalling FreeBsd a number of times and I always end up with > the same results. Am I doing something wrong?. Please help. This is fairly normal on combination IDE/SCSI systems. Boot the boot floppy and type sd(0,a)/kernel At the boot: prompt, assuming FreeBSD is on the disk identified as sd0. Once you get up, rebuild your kernel and change the 'kernel' line in the configfile to match the location of the kernel. 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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