Date: Sun, 25 Dec 1994 10:55:17 -0500 From: TomShannon@aol.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Install question... Message-ID: <941225105516_6841951@aol.com>
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Greetings, I'm new to FreeBSD and UN*X in general. I'm installing on a machine configured with: Hardware: 486dx 33 Master drive : 340mb Western Dig Caviar Slave drive : 540mb Western Dig Caviar (I know, doesn't show much imagination) Mitsumi 2x CD-ROM with Mitsumi-compatible controller 8 Meg ram Colorado 250mb Jumbo tape drive Software: Windows For Workgroups 3.11 on the 340mb drive I was attempting to install FreeBSD on the 540mb drive. I plan to use approx 300mb of the 540mb drive as my FreeBSD partition/slice. I followed the directions for using the slave drive as the boot drive. I get to the point where I am booting successfully from the 540 drive, but I get a "panic" message saying it can't mount the root directory. I've tried the install process several times. It seems that after I reboot the configuration doesn't 'remember' my mount points, including (unfortunately) the root and swap mounts. Any suggestions? I'm still looking (please don't flame me for this, but I'm employed as a Microsoft Solution Provider) since I don't believe in giving up. But if you have any useful things to chase down... Thanks in advance, Tom Shannon CB Technologies, Inc.
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