Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 21:08:21 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: cjspies@ix.netcom.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD boot problems Message-ID: <199511280508.VAA22657@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <M.112795.230429.15@#cjspies> from "cjspies@ix.netcom.com" at Nov 28, 95 04:04:29 am
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do you do as the boot prompt sugests, and type "hd(1,a)/kernel" or do you let it just default...? 'hd' is a special hack for when you have mixed ide and scsi drives.. you can compoile the bootblocks wit -DBOOT_HD and get a bootblok that will do that by default if you don't want to keep typing it in.. julian > > > I am having a problem with the installation of FreeBSD 2.1.0 The program > seems to install OK and it gets configured (except Apache and Samba because I > don't have the fully qualified names listed in the Dos directory.), but when > the system reboots, it loads the kernel and searches for devices, all is ok, > but after it is done searching for devices it says: "Panic: could not mount > /root" Here is the system config: (very difficult and screwy!) > > Pentium 120 > pipeline cache > 16MB EDO ram > 1 WDC420mb hard disk as primary master > Partition 1(1MB): OS/2 Boot manager (the primary boot partition) > Partition 2(100MB): DOS/Windows 3.1 Drive C: > Partition 3(150MB): Win 95 Drive C: > Partition 4(150MB): OS/2 Warp as Drive E: under all OS's > > With DOS/Win and Win 95: For these OS's to work, each has to be > specified as the Primary partition when it is running and hence, each disk > is not visible to the other. ie when DOS is loaded, the Win 95 drive is not > accessable, and vice versa. > > Adaptec 2940 > Seagate Hawk 1GB (ST31230N I think is the number) configured as drive D: > Partition 1(730MB): Drive D: under all OS's > Partition 2(256MB): FreeBSD install drive > broken down as follows: > "/" drive is 32MB > swap drive is 42MB > "/var" drive is 32MB > "/usr" drive is 150MB > in that order (I used the 'A' Command) > > FreeBSD seems to install just fine, but when the kernel is done loading, > the system just gives the error message and says it is rebooting. > > Any help is appreciated! > > Justin > > > >
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