Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 01:56:40 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Koos van Herk <kvanherk@pop.wxs.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD tries to start the wrong partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9911270155350.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <77280A05850.AAA5528@smtp02.wxs.nl>
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On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Koos van Herk wrote: > I've recently installed FreeBSD 3.2 on my computer and after a > succesfull installation something went terribly wrong. I started > FreeBSD with the Linux LILO-bootmanager and after recognising my > harddisks everything stopped with this message: > > changing root device to wd1s1a > changing root device to wd1a > error: panic: cannot mount root (2) > > syncing disk....done > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds > > I've installed FreeBSD on wd2 and not wd1! So how can I change this in > the right partition? I hope anyone has got a solution for me. press a key during the countdown to the kernel boot and type: set root_disk_unit=2 after you boot add: root_disk_unit="2" to /boot/loader.conf enjoy, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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