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To: Milena <milenad@videotron.ca>
Subject: Re: Error when I boot!!!!
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> This is the message I get when I boot FreeBSD :
> 
> error 6 : panic : cannot mount root (2)
> 
> 
> What can I do??? I don't understand!!! I've just installed it 5 times
> and everytime it gives me this message! What does it mean? Can you help
> me!
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Milena

Hello,

You need to provide us with a little bit more information about your hardware
configuration. I've seen things like this before where after the install the
root partition could not be mounted. Most of the reasons I've seen mentioned
on this list are caused by wierdness with IDE disks that I don't currently
have a good handle on (I use only scsi disks).

Tell us how your machine is setup, what machine it is, etc. Specifically if
you have IDE devices, disks, CD-ROMS, etc. tell us which ones are setup on
which controllers and if they are master or slave.

You might also hit:

  http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html

and search the "questions" and "hackers" archive for that error message or
related words (e.g. cannot and mount and root).

Another hint: You can use the ScrollLock then PgUp/PgDn keys on the console to
see the boot messages if they scroll off your screen. Seeing these might help
somebody to diagnose what's going on (looking at the probe messages). It'll be
some typing, but just might give somebody the info they need to help.

good luck,

-Jr

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