Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:26:49 -0500 From: Victor Cheung <vcheung@canada.com> To: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ERROR 22: PANIC: CANNOT MOUNT ROOT (2) Message-ID: <19990223142535.TURJ14824.mail.rdc1.on.home.com@cs553774-a> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.05.9902230218290.8226-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.ed u> References: <19990223025030.ONYO14824.mail.rdc1.on.home.com@cs553774-a>
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Hi, thanks for your help! Your suggestion sounds great but how do I create this loader.rc file when I can't even boot into the unix OS? Is there a way to create/edit this loader.rc file without first having to boot successfully into FreeBSD? Sorry, but I'm kinda new to this.. (why didn't the install program do this properly?) BTW, I'm trying to install on my secondary slave drive, is this even possible? (ie. first on the secondary IDE controller, AND second, on the slave rather than a master drive?) --Victor At 02:20 AM 2/23/99 -0500, you wrote: >I had this same problem, and found an easy solution. First, decide what >unit number your root partition is on. For me it is 0 (i.e. root is on >da0s1a). Then, create a /boot/loader.rc file with the following line: > >set root_disk_unit=<unit number> > >Then, you'll be set. If you can't boot at all, hit Space bar at the >waiting to boot message, and type: > >set root_disk_unit=<unit number> >boot > >You should get going then. > >Joe Clarke > >On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Victor Cheung wrote: > >> I get this error when I try to boot the FreeBSD 3.1 Release I just installed: >> >> ERROR 22: PANIC: CANNOT MOUNT ROOT (2) >> >> It begins normally (seeing all the things it detects) then right after it >> detects my SCSI cd drives the error comes up... anyone know what this is >> and how to fix it? >> >> Also, I noticed in the boot information it says "autonegotiation not >> supported" or something to that effect when it detects my 3C900 and 3C905 >> cards... it only configures my 3C905 card for half-duplex (10Mb).. how can >> I get it to configure full-duplex (100Mb) automatically? (I checked my >> BIOS and the "PNP OS installed" is set to 'NO') >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> --Victor >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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