From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 7 10:22:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA25251 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:22:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dns.pinpt.com (dns.pinpt.com [205.179.195.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA25246 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:22:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bandia (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by dns.pinpt.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA17773; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:20:19 -0700 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 97 10:19:15 -0800 From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Subject: Re: SCSI Booting Problem under v2.2.1, please help. To: Doug White , Doug White Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Chameleon ATX 6.0.1, Standards Based IntraNet Solutions, NetManage Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Rebuild your kernel, modifying the 'kernel' line to point to the proper > disk. ALso, if a ide controller is in this computer, disable it. Ok, but what do I set the kernel line to? Mine looks like this: config kernel root on sd1 My kernel is on sd1s2a (See below about what I have to type at the boot: to get it running. Also, the primary IDE controller is turned off, the secondary is on for use with the IDE CD-ROM, but that does not affect my boot. -Sean > > When it boots (Either when I use fdisk to make the partition active or using > > the NTv4 boot manager) it finds the boot, starts and boots from: > > 0:sd(0,a)/kernel > > It works fine until it tries to mount root, then it panics. If I use the boot > > option to specify where to boot from and change it to: > > 0:sd(1,a)/kernel > > > Evrything works fine, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ Local Time Sent: 04/07/97 10:19:15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------