From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 6 23:48:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA28906 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:48:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA28895 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 23:48:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.054 #1) id 0zmvOs-0004ty-00; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:48:10 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id HAA01601; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:47:43 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (gppsun4) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA00713; Mon, 7 Dec 98 07:47:42 GMT Message-Id: <366B87E6.5CBF9517@uk.radan.com> Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 07:46:46 +0000 From: Mark Ovens Organization: Radan Computational Ltd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Josh Crouse Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.6 question References: <199812070312.TAA26471@law-f83.hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Josh Crouse wrote: > > Josh Crouse wrote: > I just finished the installation of FreeBSD 2.2.6, after the initial > install it reboots my machine, loads and then gives me a Kernel panic > that says, "Panic : Cannot mount root" what am i supposed to do to > cure this problem? > --- See the FAQ (section 2.25, I think). This problem is explained there. > > Ok, Iv read the FreeBSD online help questions and everything the replys > said for me to do, and none of it has worked: let me explain my > situation. > > I have my HD's setup as is on my Pirmary IDE i have > Primary Master:> 2.16gig > Non-FreeBSD drive > Primary Slave:> 1.2gig > FreeBSD drive > Secondary Master:> 2.4gig > Non-FreeBSD driveSlave Secondary:> Cd-rom > thats the way i have my hd's setup, im booting into FreeBSD with a boot > disk, when i get to the boot: prompt i type *kernel* to launch the > kernel on my BSD drive it launches fine and when it gets done probing it > panics. > Panic: Cannot mount root > > I have no idea what im doing wrong? any suggestions? > thanks .. Josh > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath, Avon, England. Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message