Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 02:34:59 -0600 From: Tom Jackson <tom@my.domain> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help neededFreebsd Message-ID: <19971123023459.02748@my.domain> In-Reply-To: <3475340A.7CDF951F@dingo.vut.edu.au>; from damian on Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 06:11:06PM %2B1100 References: <3475340A.7CDF951F@dingo.vut.edu.au>
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On Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 06:11:06PM +1100, damian wrote: > Hi ,I hoe you will be able to help me with the following problem. > > I bought Free BSD 2.2.5 last week and I am unable to get it to work .I > go through all of the setup from floppy disk and when I reboot the > machine it goes through all of it`s paces then come up with > "Panic:unable to mount root" then says that it is going to reboot in 15 > seconds. Please help as I am new to this softwear and I really wish to > learn more about Unix. > > Damian Gillespie > > You left a lot to the imagination :). I figure you probably have a good install but are not getting booted properly. Did you, per chance install good ole FreeBSD on the second hard disk? If so and I assume you are getting the boot prompt or you would never get mount panic try: `1:wd(1,a)/kernel' at this point and see if it mounts. This assumes ide hard disk. If you instead installed fbsd on the first hard drive and have nasty bg's system installed already and tried to put fbsd above cylinder 1024, you will have make room below this cylinder limit and reinstall. If this doesn't help, fill in the blanks, and will go from there. Tom
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