From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 8 22:25:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA03741 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:25:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nwalme.pair.com (nwalme.pair.com [209.68.1.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA03707 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:25:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@nwalme.pair.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by nwalme.pair.com (8.9.0/8.6.12) id BAA22432; Tue, 9 Jun 1998 01:24:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199806090524.BAA22432@nwalme.pair.com> X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question To: ibarra@poo.civil.okayama-u.ac.jp (Jose Ibarra) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 01:24:44 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <357C8970.1D81606F@poo.civil.okayama-u.ac.jp> from Jose Ibarra at "Jun 9, 98 10:01:36 am" From: Dima Dorfman X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I tried to install many times FreeBSD in my machine, but i couldn't. > Every time I start after installing, the boot can't mount the root. > I'm using a IBM Aptiva, what can I do? What is the exact message you're getting? If it is "panic: cannot mount root", read on. You need to specify abother boot partition. At the "boot:" prompt, type something likr 1:wd(0,a)kernel if FreeBSD is on the second HD. Read the above help for details. > > J.Ibarra > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) Microsoft: How long do you want to wait today? FreeBSD Rules! Micro$oft Sucks! http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message