From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 2 15:48:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02788 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:48:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ahnet.net (mail.ahnet.net [207.213.224.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02755 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:47:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from webmaster@zwb.net) Received: from znet-pdcs (icg-apc-pr1-p10.apc.net [207.211.76.164]) by mail.ahnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with SMTP id PAA08664; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 15:40:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980402154327.0090ba00@mail.zwb.net> X-Sender: 5808.dima@mail.zwb.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 15:43:27 -0800 To: Doug White From: Dima Dorfman Subject: Re: panic: cannot mount root Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <3.0.5.32.19980401183920.0090e160@mail.zwb.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm having problems with you ideas because there is no way I can access my kernel configuration! Below is the kernel probe output(I cut off the VGA and CD probe stuff): fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in wdc at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): wd1: 2439MB (4995648 sectors), 4956 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S wdc0: unit 9 (atapi): , removable, intr, iordis npx0 flags 0x1 on ,otherboard npx0: INT 16 interface Inter Pentium F00F detected, installing workaraound panic: cannot mount root syncing disks.... done During install, I dedicated the whole drive to FreeBSD, even though, in the FAQ, it says that my BIOS may go crazy. I labeled the following: Size FS Mounted on 256MB UFS / 1000MB UFS /home 512MB UFS /var 576MB UFS /usr 95MB SWAP SWAP I don't know if you needed that, but I decided that it couldn't hurt. Please send response to dima@zwb.net. Thanks in advance faw any and all help! Dima At 10:54 AM 4/2/98 -0800, you wrote: >On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Dima Dorfman wrote: > >> I've searched through all the archives, and tries all solutions that made >> since, but my system still dies with a "panic: cannot mount root". > >No, that search should have returned hundreds of responses just like this: > > 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). > >I could make a better determination if I have the kernel boot output, >particuarly for the wdc probes. > >Your .sig is ... extensive. To the point of being almost longer than your >message. :( > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > --- Thanks! Dima Dorfman - WebMaster/Administrator, zWeb webmaster@zwb.net http://www.zwb.net/ "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 "I am not a crook!" - Al Capone "Microsoft is not a monopoly!" - Bill Gates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message