Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:18:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Brian D. McGrew" <vilorman@home.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410231751.28437S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <000701bd6400$b5c4c0b0$0464a8c0@meister.escnd1.sdca.home.com>
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On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Brian D. McGrew wrote: > I just install FreeBSD v2.2.6-RELEASE on a new system. When I boot up, > I'm getting a "PANIC! Cannot mount root". > > What does this mean, and how do we correct it? This means that the kernel couldn't determine where it was booted from, or where it thinks it was booted from doesn't correspond to reality after probing your disks. What is your IDE disk layout? If you have a CDROM on the primary controller try moving it to the secondary and move a hard disk on the secondary controller to the primary. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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