From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 22 23:12:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA12474 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:12:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12463 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:12:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA12654; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:12:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 23:12:35 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Derrick Springer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation Problems In-Reply-To: <19980319181339.24512.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Derrick Springer wrote: > I am attempting to install FreeBSD to a Quantum 1Gb SCSI-2 drive, but > after I finish downloading the OS and reboot, it tries to mount the > partition and then stops with a "Panic: cannot mount" error and reboots. > However, if I load the OS onto one of the IDE drives in the system, I > can boot and work in FreeBSD just fine. My system looks like this: You neglected to tell us what version of FreeBSD you were using. My guess is that the system is getting confused as to what the real root is because of how your SCSI disks probe. Try using the -a option (?) on the Boot: prompt and tell it the disk that the kernel *probed* that has the root FS on it, or move your disk. Then build a new kernel wiring down the SCSI IDs as detailed in /sys/i386/conf/LINT. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message