Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 18:59:38 -0500 From: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org> To: Felipe Lopez Lopez <FELSYS@santandersupernet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PANIC: cannot mount root Message-ID: <19980624185938.A10381@mu.org> In-Reply-To: <001701bd9fbd$311161e0$385135c3@FELSYS>; from Felipe Lopez Lopez on Thu, Jun 25, 1998 at 12:10:42AM %2B0200 References: <001701bd9fbd$311161e0$385135c3@FELSYS>
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I believe this is what you have to do... at the boot prompt try this: 1:wd(2,a)/kernel I believe you need to put this in /boot.config also so you do not have to continue to type that everytime you want to boot the system. paul Felipe Lopez Lopez (FELSYS@santandersupernet.com) wrote: > Hi, I am Felipe from Spain. > > I have FreeBSD, release 2.2.5 ( 4 CDROM), Tue Oct 21 but it panics when I > boot after the install process. I get "PANIC: cannot mount root". > > I have a AMD K6 200 MHz, 32 MB RAM, CDROM 16x, Sound Blaster 16 and 2 hard > disks (3 MB and 1.2 MB respectively). My BIOS is Award Modular BIOS w4.51PG > > When my computer boots, I can read: > > HDD Primary Master - QUANTUM FIREWALL ST 3.2A > HDD Primary Slave Master - None > HDD Secondary Master - Seagate Technology > HDD Secondary Master Slave - CRD 8160 B > > In the first disk I have two DOS partitions (C and D) with Windows95 > installed in C. > > When I choose booting from the second hard disk (Seagate) where FreeBSD has > been installed: > . > . > . > FreeBSD 2.2.5 Tue Oct 21 ... > . > . > . > boot: > . > (if I type any command at this point, the system does not recognize them, > for example -v, and it loops for ever till I reset the computer). > . > . > . > wdc0:unit0(wd0) <QUANTUM FIREWALL ST3.2A> > wd0: 3079 MB > . > . > . > wdc1: unit0(wd2) <Seagate Technology ... > > wd2: 1221 MB > . > . > . > wdc1: unit1(atapi) <CRD-8160 B /1.07> > . > . > . > changing root device to wd1a > PANIC: cannot mount root > > I should tell you that in the install process I choose the second disk > (wd2 - Seagate) to install FreeBSD with this distribution: > > Disk name: wd2 > Disk Geometry: 620 cyls/64 heads/63 sectors = 2499840 sectors > > offset size end Name Ptype Desc > Subtype Flags > > 0 63 62 ------- 6 > unused 0 > 63 2499777 2499839 wd2s1 3 freebsd 165 > CA > 2499840 2016 2501855 ------- 6 unused 0 > > > > Another screen: > > Part Mount Size > > wd2s1a / 40 MB > wd2s1b swap 128 MB SWAP > wd2s1e /var 40 MB > wd2s1f /usr 1012 MB > > I choose to have MBR in both disks (wd0 and wd2) > > The installation goes OK and when I try to boot I get the message of PANIC. > > Could you help me somehow ? > > I have another doubt: when I am setting a new user in the install process, > the system does not recognize bash as shell, only bin/csh (or something like > that), why? > > I look forward hearing from you. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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