From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 29 01:33:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA05596 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 01:33:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nectech.nectech.co.uk (nectech.nectech.co.uk [194.129.183.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA05588 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 01:33:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from <@host199-241.neceur.com:Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk>) Received: from host199-241.neceur.com by nectech.nectech.nectech.co.uk id aa21170; 29 Jan 98 9:43 GMT Received: by EXCHANGE with Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) id ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:29:57 -0000 Message-ID: <014CB6ADC0BCD0118B1B006097827D5B3D335B@EXCHANGE> From: "Bond, Jeffery" To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: FW: Problems mounting root Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:29:56 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" Sorry if this appears twice, but the first one I sent appeared to bounce. > >Replying to your self not once but twice looks kinda funny in the message > >list. :-) > > Oh, I always talk to myself. > > >Anyway, I can help you; this is probably the number one thing I deal with > >on this list. Which is why I have boilerplate. :-) > > > >On Mon, 26 Jan 1998, Bond, Jeffery wrote: > > > >> I have installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 on a partition on my PC. I have two hard > >> disks, one primary master, one secondary master. I have set aside a > >> partition on the secondary master for FreeBSD, the rest is for Win95. > > > >There is your problem -- the system doesn't number the disks properly if > >you have a device in the middle (like a CD). > > > The CD is actually the secondary slave. The Primary slave is unused. > > > > If you get the message: > >panic: Cannot mount root > > Yep, I do. > > >At the end of the probe sequence you should either: > >1. Have the line: > >config kernel root on wd2 > > Ahh, I already have this line in my kernel config, but it appears > near the top of the config file, before any of the device stuff. Would > this be the reason that it is getting ignored? Also, will this override > the default boot string, currently '1:wd(1,a)/kernel'? > > >in your kernel config, > >OR: > > > >2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the > >original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other > >parameters unchanged). > > That sounds like a cunning plan. I'll definately try that. > > I can actually get the thing to boot if I enter 1:wd(2,a)/kernel at the > boot: prompt, but I can not get it to remember this string as the default. > I've tried using nextboot without success. The boot prompt always gives 1: > wd(1,a)/kernel as the default. > > Thanks for the help, > > Jeff Bond. > > --------------------------------------------------- > Jeffery Bond > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > >