Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 15:09:10 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: cpallone@nancy.compusa.com (Chris Pallone) Cc: questions%freebsd.org@compusa.com Subject: Re: Panic: Cannot mount ROOT Message-ID: <199511272309.PAA21837@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199511271823.MAA12221@nancy.compusa.com> from "Chris Pallone" at Nov 27, 95 12:23:50 pm
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> > I created a primary 25MB partition on the first 85MB SCSI HD using why not make a single 85 MB fdisk partition (slice) and divide that up into /,/tmp,/var, and swap? > OS/2s fdisk program. I added this partition to the OS/2 boot manager > then rebooted with a FreeBSD boot disk. With FreeBSD I removed the > partition OS/2 created and created a new FreeBSD partition of the > same size. I created a 413MB partition of the remaining space on the > IDE drive, and created 5 smaller partitions of the remaining space on > the 2 SCSI drives. After I labled the dirves I had this setup: > > IDE: 200MB FAT > 1MB BOOT MANAGER > 200MB FAT > 413MB <- /usr > > SCSI 1: 25MB <- / (OS/2 Boot Manager knows this one) > 20MB <- /tmp > 20MB <- /var > 20MB <- swap > > SCSI 2: 40MB <- /users (Sorry worked on HPs too long) > 65MB <- swap > > At this point I committed my choices to the CD ROM install program and > the system began to install. There were know problems during the > installation process. When I rebooted I received the OS/2 boot manager > screen with the FreeBSD option I had setup. I selected FreeBSD and > received the FreeBSD boot prompt. Pressed enter to take the defaults > and it took off. I received all the normal systems polls; but when > the polls were complete and the system tries to start mounting the > filesystems I was presented the message 'Panic cannot mount root' and > the system reboots. did you specify 'hd(1,a)/kernel' or 'sd(0,a)/kernel..? you need to do the former.. > > I did not provide all the Hardware specifics because I do not think this > is a hardware issue. If anything, I missed a step or this is not a > possible solution. If you need further info let me know. And if all > else fails, I will blow away the OS/2 boot manager and use booteasy. > > #==================================================================# > # Christopher S. Pallone | Unix Production Control Tech. # > # CompUSA - Corporate Office | email: cpallone@compusa.com # > # 14951 North Dallas Parkway | Voice: 214-982-4110 # > # Dallas TX 75240 | Fax: 214-982-4656 # > #==================================================================# >
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