Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 08:16:04 -0700 (PDT) From: pac@bvemx.ppco To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/3970: Message 'panic: can't mount root' after kernel build on initial installation: release 2.2.2 Message-ID: <199706271516.IAA26062@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199706271520.IAA26424@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3970 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Message 'panic: can't mount root' after kernel build on initial installation: release 2.2.2 >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jun 27 08:20:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Peter Clark >Organization: None >Release: 2.2.2 >Environment: not available >Description: After configuring and building kernel on initial installation, re-boot appears to be satisfactory until: message 'changing to device wd1a' appears, then 'panic: can't mount root' followed by a 15 second interruptible delay before an automatic reboot. FreeBSD is being installed from a '/bin'-only DOS directory onto a second EIDE disk; 'C' drive is DOS-only (Win95) with boot-manager, disk2 is dedicated to FreeBSD with a 'compatible' DOS partition, default FreeBSD partitions and sizes. Disk2 is hardware-fault free and is 1.2 Gb. Kernel config appears to be ok. >How-To-Repeat: Easily repeatable: won't go away! Various combinations of dedicated/almost dedicated (DOS) partitions, boot manager/non-boot manager tried. 'Novice' installation being attempted with 'custom' option - just /bin specified. Is the /bin directory the ONLY one required for a minimal installation? >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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