From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 2 12:42:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from presley.cybertrails.com (mail.cybertrails.com [162.42.150.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0559614DD1 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 12:40:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kf7nn1@cybertrails.com) Received: (qmail 6355 invoked from network); 2 Mar 1999 20:54:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cybertrails.com) (162.42.5.182) by mail.cybertrails.com with SMTP; 2 Mar 1999 20:54:21 -0000 Message-ID: <36DC4CCF.C38BCC1E@cybertrails.com> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 13:40:47 -0700 From: George Vagner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Drew Baxter Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cant mount root References: <4.2.0.25.19990301003619.03c36d90@genesis.ispace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I finally got it to boot by typing in 2:da(0,a)/kernel and then editing boot.config to reflect this. after 6 hours of downloading xfree from the ports collection i got the xwindows to run and windowmaker runs ok. the XIG graphics xserver will not install. It says it failed to find licenseing information and i should run xsetup manually so i tried it, result core dumped: floating point exception. It seems that alot of programs are doing this to me now, netscape is another victim or the floating point exception problem i am having. I was using 2.2.8-stable previously without any problems running the xserver or netscape and never ever saw the floating point exception error before. It seems i went backwards by upgrading to 3.1-release any opinions on this? Drew Baxter wrote: > > At 12:28 AM 3/1/99 , George Vagner wrote: > >I just did a bin install of 3.1, > >everything went well during the install over ftp > >but i cant mount root now. > > > >system: > > > >apollo mvp3 VIA chipset > >primary master 5 gig maxtor > >secondary master 5 gig maxtor > >1st scsi drive 4.3 gig quantum sca. > >scsi controller adaptec 2940AU @ 20Mhz. > > > >trying to mount the scsi drive. > > > >during boot i get > > > >changing root to da2s1a > >da0 at ahc0 bus0 target 0 lun 0 > >{disk geometry here} > >changing root device to da2a > > > >error 6 cannot mount root > > > >press any key to reboot > > > >i tried typing in 2:da(1,a) at the boot prompt > >but it still insists on changing the root device > >to da2a. > > > >what am i doing wrong? > > You either? I have this problem too with mine.. I thought I was senile.. > It'll mount if I boot back up with the floppy and forcefully mount it in > fdisk though.. > > I'm using 3.0-RELEASE.. Installed nearly a month ago, haven't touched it > for this reason.. > > --- > Drew "Droobie" Baxter > Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) > OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA > http://www.droo.orland.me.us > > PGP DSS/1024 Public Key ID: 0x409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message