Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:37:54 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problems mounting root Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980128123538.18405L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B3D334F@EXCHANGE>
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Replying to your self not once but twice looks kinda funny in the message list. :-) Anyway, I can help you; this is probably the number one thing I deal with on this list. Which is why I have boilerplate. :-) On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 on a partition on my PC. I have two hard > disks, one primary master, one secondary master. I have set aside a > partition on the secondary master for FreeBSD, the rest is for Win95. There is your problem -- the system doesn't number the disks properly if you have a device in the middle (like a CD). If you get the message: panic: Cannot mount root At the end of the probe sequence you should either: 1. Have the line: config kernel root on wd2 in your kernel config, OR: 2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other parameters unchanged). 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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