From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 3 16:38:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc01.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc01.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F1B15208 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 16:38:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hoogterp@worldnet.att.net) Received: from comp1 ([12.73.231.69]) by mtiwmhc01.worldnet.att.net (InterMail v03.02.07.07 118-134) with SMTP id <20000104003800.NKPY5516@comp1> for ; Tue, 4 Jan 2000 00:38:00 +0000 Message-ID: <000f01bf5632$982b6ec0$0300000a@comp1> From: "David Hoogterp" To: Subject: HELP! Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 15:34:18 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01BF55FF.FFD16E40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BF55FF.FFD16E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've installed FreeBSD 3.2 in a dual boot configuration on a system with = two IDE disks. Each disk is the master on its respective IDE channel. = Microsoft Windows is on the first disk. FreeBSD is on the second. I use = Bootmagic 1.01 as a boot loader. FreeBSD appears to boot normally until it reaches the line: switching = to root device disk1s1a. Then I receive the message: Error 6:panic: = cannot mount root. Then it reboots automatically. I know why it does this. The root device is disk2s1a not disk1. I know = the whole story about how the BIOS confuses the FreeBSD boot loader. = The problem is: how do I change it? The book The Complete FreeBSD = recommends stopping the loader before it boots and typing the command = boot 1:wd(2,a)kernel, but that only produces the error message can't = boot 'boot', kernel module already loaded. If I unload the kernel and = reenter the command another message appears: can't find = '1:wd(2,a)kernel'. I don't know enough about FreeBSD to edit the loader configuration with = the fixit CD that came with it. And no editors are available to me in = FreeBSD because I can't get it to boot. I've tried set = rootdev=3Ddisk2s1a at the boot command prompt and booting with the boot = command but the boot loader always reverts to defaults. What can I do? signed, Frustrated beyond the ability to reason. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01BF55FF.FFD16E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I've installed FreeBSD 3.2 in a dual boot = configuration on a=20 system with two IDE disks. Each disk is the master on its = respective IDE=20 channel. Microsoft Windows is on the first disk. FreeBSD is on the = second. I use Bootmagic 1.01 as a boot loader.

FreeBSD appears to boot normally until it reaches = the=20 line: switching to root device=20 disk1s1a. Then I receive the = message: =20 Error 6:panic: cannot mount root. Then it reboots=20 automatically.

I know why it does this. The root device is = disk2s1a not=20 disk1. I know the whole story about how the BIOS confuses the = FreeBSD boot=20 loader. The problem is: how do I change it? The book The = Complete=20 FreeBSD recommends stopping the loader before it boots and typing = the=20 command boot 1:wd(2,a)kernel, but that only produces the error = message=20 can't boot 'boot', kernel module already loaded. If I = unload the=20 kernel and reenter the command another message appears: can't find=20 '1:wd(2,a)kernel'.

I don't know enough about FreeBSD to edit the loader = configuration with the fixit CD that came with it. And no editors = are=20 available to me in FreeBSD because I can't get it to boot. I've = tried=20 set rootdev=3Ddisk2s1a at the boot command prompt and = booting with=20 the boot command but the boot loader always reverts to = defaults. What=20 can I do?

signed,

Frustrated beyond the ability to=20 reason.

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