From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 13 9: 4: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (oe74.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.240.209]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1AC37B417 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:04:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:04:00 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [207.183.52.192] From: "Daniel C." To: References: <20020214035805.A81081@welearn.com.au> Subject: Re: install, unable to mount root Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:04:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Feb 2002 17:04:00.0606 (UTC) FILETIME=[6E9C37E0:01C1B4B0] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm installing the CD version of freeBSD 3.2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Blake" To: "Daniel C." Cc: Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:58 AM Subject: Re: install, unable to mount root > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 10:51:05AM -0500, Daniel C. wrote: > > Hi, I have a small problem, I do the installation and > > post-installation of freeBSD but when it reboots, I get error 6: > > unable to mount root: wd1s1a > > > > I'm not sure where to go from there. > > It's pretty important to tell us what version of FreeBSD you're > running. From the error message you quoted, it sounds like an > old version. > > A couple of tips... > > If you go to the "search" page on www.freebsd.org and search the > mailing list, you might find other people asked about the same > error message and got answers that you can use. > > I've put in a subject line that will help people see what your > message is about, so that you're more likely to get help. > If you write back to FreeBSD-questions and tell us what version > you're installing and how (from CDs perhaps?), then someone might > be able to offer you some more hints. > > I know you're not on the mailing list, Daniel, but people usually > send you a cc: of their answers, like I'm doing now. If you reply, > send your reply to the mailing list freebsd-questions. > > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message