Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:56:20 -0700 From: "Gil" <gseward@jps.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Another similar first install Message-ID: <199810161758.KAA26040@smtp2.jps.net>
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I am having a problem similar to Bill Hamilton's. I have a Pentium
166 on an Abit MB, 64MB ram , two FAT32 IDE drives on the first
IDE port and another IDE drive dedicated to FreeBSD (master) and
a CDROM on the second IDE port. My BIOS lets me choose my
boot drive and I have it set to E:. I installed FreeBSD, and the user
configuration showed no conflicts except for my Ps/2 mouse,
which configuration said was allowed. When I try to boot it I get a
message "Panic: cannot mount root". When, at the Boot: prompt,
I enter: 0:wd(0,a)? I get a result like this:
. .. dev usr var stand etc proc cdrom dist bin lkm mnt root sbin tmp
sys boot.hlp.cshrc .profile COPYRIGHT kernel.GENERIC
kernel.config boot.config home
I have tried "0:wd(0,a)GENERIC kernel" and "0:wd(0,a)compat
kernel", and both run, but both also give me the "Panic: cannot
mount root" error.
Can anyone help a Newbie?
Gil Seward
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