From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 3 19:15:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA12081 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 19:15:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from softhome.net (charleston.SoftHome.net [204.144.231.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA12032 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 19:14:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anonymous_user@softhome.net) Received: (qmail 30753 invoked by uid 417); 4 Oct 1998 02:29:52 -0000 Received: from ipg2-096.hkg.com (HELO windows-nt) (202.161.253.96) by smtp.softhome.net with SMTP; 4 Oct 1998 02:29:52 -0000 Message-ID: <001001bdee73$5df88620$60fda1ca@windows-nt> From: "Anonymous User" To: Subject: Help! After install, boot, initialization, then...Reboot! Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 10:11:07 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000B_01BDEEB6.22EA7050" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BDEEB6.22EA7050 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Sir/Madam, Before I start, I would like to state my computer and FreeBSD = configuration as below: P55C-233MMX, (4*2+16*2=3D)40MB EDO RAM, ATX Vibrate 16, USR x2 Voice Int., RealMagic GX/64 SparQ 1GB Int IDE, IBM 4.3G UDMA, NEC 1.44M, Iomega Zip 100, = Panasonic CR-583 OS: Chinese & English WinNT Server 4, Win 98, DOS (All installed = on IBM 4.3G UDMA) File System: DOS & 98 (FAT16 C:\), NT4 (NTFS), C-NT4 (NTFS) System Commander Equipped FreeBSD Version: 2.2.7-Release (On SparQ 1GB) Installation Files at C:\FreeBSD Distribution Site: HK SuperNet (ftp://ftp.hk.super.net) Download the whole 2.2.7-Release directory I'm a entirely new user of FreeBSD. I never touched any Unix before. = I'm just trying out other OS other than Microsoft. Anyway, please = tolerate my silly mistakes. I created the boot floppy from setup.exe and boot my computer from = it. After installation, it reboots from the SparQ drive, where I = installed FreeBSD onto it. After all the messages (I can't understand = much), I came to the final line, 'Panic: cannot mount root' and FreeBSD = is preparing my machine to restart in 15 seconds. Please help me to solve this problem. If I didn't provide enough = information, please send an email to me. Thank you for yout kind help = and attention. =20 Yours faithfully, =20 anonymous_user@softhome.net =20 ------=_NextPart_000_000B_01BDEEB6.22EA7050 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dear Sir/Madam,

    Before I start, I would like to state my computer and = FreeBSD=20 configuration as below:

        P55C-233MMX, = (4*2+16*2=3D)40MB=20 EDO RAM, ATX
        Vibrate 16, = USR x2=20 Voice Int., RealMagic GX/64
        SparQ 1GB Int = IDE, IBM=20 4.3G UDMA, NEC 1.44M, Iomega Zip 100, Panasonic = CR-583

        OS: Chinese & = English=20 WinNT Server 4, Win 98, DOS (All installed on IBM 4.3G=20 UDMA)
        File System: DOS = & 98=20 (FAT16 C:\), NT4 (NTFS), C-NT4 (NTFS)
        System Commander = Equipped

        FreeBSD=20 Version: 2.2.7-Release (On SparQ=20 1GB)
        Installation Files at = C:\FreeBSD
        Distribution = Site: HK=20 SuperNet (ftp://ftp.hk.super.net)
 &nbs= p;     =20 Download the whole 2.2.7-Release directory

    I'm a=20 entirely new user of FreeBSD. I never touched any Unix before. I'm just = trying=20 out other OS other than Microsoft. Anyway, please tolerate my silly=20 mistakes.

    I created the = boot floppy=20 from setup.exe and boot my computer from it. After installation, it = reboots from=20 the SparQ drive, where I installed FreeBSD onto it. After all the = messages (I=20 can't understand much), I came to the final line, 'Panic: cannot = mount=20 root' and FreeBSD is preparing my machine to restart in 15=20 seconds.

    Please help me = to solve this=20 problem. If I didn't provide enough information, please send an email to = me.=20 Thank you for yout kind help and attention.

 

Yours=20 faithfully,          &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;    =20

anonymous_user@softhome.net

 

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