From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 19 11:40:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA11088 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:40:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp05.wxs.nl (smtp05.wxs.nl [195.121.6.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA11075 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 11:40:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from chronias.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.58.255]) by smtp05.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA2402; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:40:19 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3653EDB0.DE098790@uk.radan.com> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:44:59 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Mark Ovens Subject: RE: Help: panic: cannot mount root Cc: FreeBSD Questions Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [ 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... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message