Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 16:05:15 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Steve Leibel" <stevel@coastside.net> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: The dreaded "cannot mount root" Message-ID: <007501bf6e92$bfdee640$020a0a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <v04210106b4bf9cb4957c@[192.168.100.2]>
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Hi,
Try with "set root_disk_unit=2" , then type "boot" without the quotes,
and put the first line in the file "/boot/loader.rc" for keep booting the
system without typing it again.
Have Fun...
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Leibel <stevel@coastside.net>
To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 3:02 PM
Subject: The dreaded "cannot mount root"
> I just installed FreeBSD on my Pentium system. The install is indeed
> on the second IDE drive, a situation covered by the manual. The
> manual says to try
>
> boot 1:wd(2,a)kernel
>
> but I get "kernel already loaded" and when I try "unload" and retry
> the boot command, I get another error message.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Steve L
>
>
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