From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 26 09:46:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA21779 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:46:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA21758 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 09:46:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA14010; Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:46:43 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199802261746.LAA14010@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: panic : cannot mount root To: Malcolm_Boff@compuserve.com (MALCOLM BOFF) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 11:46:43 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199802261206_MC2-34C6-9407@compuserve.com> from MALCOLM BOFF at "Feb 26, 98 12:05:40 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 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 In a previous message, MALCOLM BOFF said: > I have been using Release 2.2.2 since it was first cut by Walnut Creek > without any problems. However since I changed my motherboard some > of the probes (for things I don't have !) have been taking excessive times > during boot up. > > I decided to prune these out in the kernel config to speed things up a bit > however I am now getting the message :- > > panc: can't mount root > > I tried booting single user without success (I can still boot the system > using 'sd(1,a)/kernel.old'). you probably screwed up the line that tells the kernel where root is config kernel root on sd1 is probably what you want. -- You don't need a quadrophonic Blaupunkt -- what you need is a curve ball! --from "Bill Durham" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message