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Date:      Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:42:43 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        "Mark A. Pitman" <map@primenet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "cant mount root" error after install (with a single SCSI HD) 
Message-ID:  <199811190642.WAA22456@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Nov 1998 04:27:30 GMT." <36539E32.52CECBFF@primenet.com> 

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>I am able to install FreeBSD 2.2.7 successfully, however when I reboot,
>I get the "panic: cant mount root" error.  I am using a single SCSI HD
>on an NCR53c810 PCI controller.  I have noticed that when the system
>boots, the kernel does not probe or detect any of the PCI devices.  The
>boot floppy probes the PCI devices fine (I guess that's pretty obvious,
>since it installed). Anybody know what I can do to fix this?  I'm new to

   That's a pretty strange problem - the first one I've heard like that. I
can't think of anything off hand that would cause the installed kernel to
ignore your PCI bus when the one on the install floppy sees it just fine. As
a test, can you try to install 3.0?

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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