From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 28 21:40:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33D0A14CFF for ; Sun, 28 Feb 1999 21:40:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4010.ime.net [209.90.195.20]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.3/8.8.8-Loki) with ESMTP id AAA15239; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 00:40:23 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.2.0.25.19990301003619.03c36d90@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.25 (Beta) Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:37:21 -0500 To: George Vagner , questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: cant mount root In-Reply-To: <36DA2587.627C9071@cybertrails.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 12:28 AM 3/1/99 , George Vagner wrote: >I just did a bin install of 3.1, >everything went well during the install over ftp >but i cant mount root now. > >system: > >apollo mvp3 VIA chipset >primary master 5 gig maxtor >secondary master 5 gig maxtor >1st scsi drive 4.3 gig quantum sca. >scsi controller adaptec 2940AU @ 20Mhz. > >trying to mount the scsi drive. > >during boot i get > >changing root to da2s1a >da0 at ahc0 bus0 target 0 lun 0 >{disk geometry here} >changing root device to da2a > >error 6 cannot mount root > >press any key to reboot > >i tried typing in 2:da(1,a) at the boot prompt >but it still insists on changing the root device >to da2a. > >what am i doing wrong? You either? I have this problem too with mine.. I thought I was senile.. It'll mount if I boot back up with the floppy and forcefully mount it in fdisk though.. I'm using 3.0-RELEASE.. Installed nearly a month ago, haven't touched it for this reason.. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP DSS/1024 Public Key ID: 0x409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message