Date: Sun, 29 Mar 98 16:47:43 -0600 From: "Jay Moseley" <jay_moseley@ibm.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Install problem: cannot mount root after install Message-ID: <199803292247.WAA15956@out1.ibm.net>
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I have a problem installing 2.2.5. I am able to create the floppy from the CD image and boot from it. I configured for my system, eliminating all the conflicts, and do a novice installation following the guidelines in 'The Complete FreeBSD'. When I remove the floppy to boot from the hard drive, it loads the kernel, probes for the devices and then issues these two lines: changing root device to wd1a panic: cannot mount root And then it reboots. My system is: SuperMicro P5MMS98 motherboard AMD K6 233 mhz cpu with 64 mb ram 2 ide drives each as single drive on separate controller Panasonic CD-ROM (SCSI) attached via NCR PCI SCSI board I have Windows 95 installed on the 1st drive (as per DOS restriction) and OS/2 installed on the second drive (shared with the FreeBSD installation). I am using System Commander to boot the system. I had expected some problems with System Commander from discussions in the manual as well as discussion on the newsgroups, but it correctly reports that it has detected the FreeBSD install after the system reboots and has added it to the selection menu. The 2nd drive geometry is: 8896/15/63/512 (physical) 522/255/63/512 (logical) and the layout (as reported from System Commander's information screen) is: 0/1/1 - 76/254/63 OS/2 primary partition (bootable) 77/0/1 - 215/254/63 FreeBSD 216/1/1 - 521/254/63 HPFS extended partition (OS/2 file space) I have gone through the installation procedure 3 times, but the result is the same, so it is something that is not a 'fluke'. Can you point me in a direction to try and diagnose the problem? TIA, Jay Moseley To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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