Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 08:39:46 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net> Cc: "Josh Emmons (skia)" <j-emmons@sjca.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PANIC!: unable to mount root Message-ID: <323CE822.3469@barcode.co.il> References: <XFMail.960915171219.randyd@nconnect.net>
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Randy DuCharme wrote: > > On 15-Sep-96 "Josh Emmons (skia)" wrote: > >>I have a computer with three IDE devices (UGH! I hate them, but they were > >cheep...): > >a Seagate 2gig hard drive. > >a 8x CD-ROM > >and a Conner 800Mb Hard disk. > > < snip > > > >The installation seems to run fine. It probes all the drives, sees them > >all. It works fine. I set up a slice on the 800Mb drive and use the > >correct geometry. I have FreeBSD auto-generate the lables, select the > >"X-User" distribution, and then commit. After installation is finishe, I > >reboot the machine and wait for Booteasy. I the hit F5 to switc to the > >other drive (the 800Mb one) and hit F1 for BSD. It then gives me a boot: > >prompt and I hit enter to use the defaults. It probes and finds all my > >drives. Then it says something like "switching root system to WD1a" and > >the line after that says: PANIC!: unable to mount root. > < snip > > > At the boot prompt type wd(1,a)/kernel and it should boot. (kernel.GENERIC > boots the GENERIC kernel) For it to boot automatically, you'll have to > build a kernel with the option: > > config kernel root on wd1You probably meant wd2 here ---->^^^. For wd1 I think it'll work right out of the box. Also note that you'll have to switch disk positions once, so you can boot and make your new kernel... > [snip] > > Good luck > > RandyNadav
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