Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:44:59 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Help: panic: cannot mount root Message-ID: <XFMail.981119204459.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <3653EDB0.DE098790@uk.radan.com>
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[ CC:-ed to Questions, might be more helpful =) ] On 19-Nov-98 Mark Ovens wrote: > Can someone help with this pls. > > I gave a colleague one of the free 2.2.6 CD sets. He tried installed > it he got "panic: cannot mount root" immediately after the npx0: INT > 16 interface message. > > He has tried disconnecting all his HD's except for the one he is > putting FreeBSD on, re-installed on that disk. The install completes > successfully but on rebooting he still gets this error. He's tried > both with & without the FreeBSD boot manager but gets the same result. > > I haven't actually seen his m/c as it's a bit difficult for me to go > to his house. > > Has anyone any idea how to fix this as I've never had this problem. > > I'm concerned that we can fix this as my colleague is a Windows user > and sometime Linux user so he's not particularly impressed with > FreeBSD so far :-( Try to do a boot with -v and try to get some info our way =) Also regarding hardware... Might be more helpful =) --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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