From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 22 10:37:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B3F4154D3 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:37:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 14855 invoked from network); 22 Sep 1999 17:37:44 -0000 Received: from userab83.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.130.182) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 1999 17:37:44 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id SAA00436; Wed, 22 Sep 1999 18:28:57 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 18:28:57 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Phil Joseph Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cant get to a boot prompt to change disk ID's Message-ID: <19990922182856.C284@marder-1> References: <000501bf050c$d8a98d00$7fb8fad4@fred> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <000501bf050c$d8a98d00$7fb8fad4@fred>; from Phil Joseph on Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 04:12:06PM +0100 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 04:12:06PM +0100, Phil Joseph wrote: > My FreeBSD is installed to my second IDE drive (on primary IDE controller). > > WHen it tries to boot I get the message > > Changing root device to wd0s2a > Err22 Panic Can't mount root. > > I've found the soultion in your FAQ > > At the Boot: prompt, enter 1:wd(2,a)kernel ............. > > > Just one little question :-) > > HOW DO I GET TO THE BOOT PROMPT? > Assuming you're running 3.x, when you see the spinning line in the top left hand corner of the screen hit the spacebar, that gives you the ``boot: '' prompt. HTH > many thanks > > Phil > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message