From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 12 22:20:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA05304 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:20:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts6-line5.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA05297 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:20:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA17983; Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 22:20:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Stefan cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting root on wd2 In-Reply-To: <34143697.645F@bigfoot.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Stefan wrote: > Hello > > I have just installed FreeBSD without any problems. But whn I tried to > reboot the system after the kernel had booted I got the message: > " changing root device to wd1a - cannot mount root ". > > Of course, it cannot! For I installed FreeBSD on wd2 (that is: master on > the second IDE-port) and DOS on wd0. > Then I bboted the kernel via the boot prompt (" 1:wd(2,a)/kernel ") and > compiled and own one; I added the line: > "config kernel root on wd2" > But the kernel still complains that it cannot change the root device. Common problem. If you get the message: panic: Cannot mount root At the end of the probe sequence you should either: 1. Have the line: config kernel root on wd2 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). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo