From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Mar 25 10:55:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from avalon.dpc.com (avalon.dpc.com [192.101.159.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 831E215019 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:55:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gstrock@dpc.com) Received: by avalon.dpc.com; id KAA03837; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:55:34 -0800 Received: from gate.dpc.com(10.30.0.166) by avalon.dpc.com via smap (4.0a) id xma003766; Thu, 25 Mar 99 10:54:39 -0800 Received: from dpc.com (cog-dpceng.dpc.com [10.30.0.182]) by gate.dpc.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA21126 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 11:11:27 -0800 Received: by dpc.com; id KAA02862; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:28:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from skate.dpc.com(192.168.2.252) by cog.dpc.com via smap (4.0) id xma002860; Thu, 25 Mar 99 10:27:54 -0800 Received: from dpc.com (pike.dpc.com [192.168.2.52]) by skate.dpc.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA03301 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:48:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36FA8549.CEEE241B@dpc.com> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:49:45 -0800 From: greg strockbine X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 3.1 Install Giving Up - Hello Linux? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "Panic can't mount /" for the past week I have been trying to install 3.1 fbsd on a second IDE drive, set up as a secondary master. This drive is dedicated to Fbsd. the FAQ identifies this problem as a disagreement between boot block and kernel about how the drives are numbered. The work around however doesn't work, "at the boot prompt enter 1:wd(a,2) kernel". I suspect that solution is for a pre 3.1 release. I was successful installing 3.1 on my 2nd drive when I had the drive installed as a primary slave. However, I want the drive on its own channel. When it is connected as a primary slave it sounds like it never spins down when I'm running win98 from the 1st drive. I tried something goofy, after installing fbsd on the drive as a primary slave, I moved the drive to secondary master. Now the system goes into perpetual reboot. I wonder if I would have the same problem with Linux? I am about to abandon Fbsd. This is my first attempt at installing a unix on my home pc. At my regular job I've been using unix for about 15 years, but never messed around with kernel stuff. Any suggestions? --- greg strockbine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message