From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 26 1:50: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ED9F1536C for ; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:49:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@wintelcom.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA26642; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 02:12:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 02:12:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Cheng Hong Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE:panic: cant mount root In-Reply-To: <002201bf1f87$81d243b0$299a0eca@dellserver> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Cheng Hong wrote: > Hi, > I got some problems with the bootup here. > I installed FreeBSD3.2 on a PC with two SCSI hard disks. The disk with > FreeBSD is numbered SCSI#02, and the other disk SCSI#0 is using WindowsNT. > The bootup device of the SCSI manager has be changed to 02. > When booting, the kernel is loaded, and then an error "Panic: cant mount > root" appears. I have checked the FAQ, but the first solution listed there > seems cannot work. There is no "Boot:" prompt during the bootup process. > And I am also wondering how the command "l:wd(2,a)kernel" should be modified > to apply to SCSI hard disks. > Your prompt reply is appreciated. try fiddling with the loader option: "root_disk_unit" try setting it to "2" manually. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message