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Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 14:33:31 -0700
From: Peter Clark <pac@bvemc.ppco.com>
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Subject: problem with freebsd 2.2.2 installation.
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Problem:
PANIC: CAN'T MOUNT ROOT    message received after message CHANGING TO 
DEVICE WD1A    during boot process. Boot process stops. 
(Installing FreeBSD 2.2.2 into machine not yet running freebsd).
PC has 2 PCI-bus EIDE mode 4 disks. Disk1 has Windows95 installed and 
also FreeBSD boot manager. Installation being done from boot floppy 
dated May 27th (latest). Disk2 is wholly given over to FreeBSD except
for
'compatibility' partition at start of disk. Default directories
selected,
'novice' installation. 'Custom' option selected - /bin is only component
being installed. Kernel configuration apparently ok (done from DOS
partition on disk1), written to disk2 ok. Booting from disk2 causes
problem above, partway through boot process.
Attempts to re-configure and re-install do not clear problem.
(Is /bin the only directory actually required for an installation?)