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To: davis@rd.qms.com (Tom Davis)
cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, davis@sun470.rd.qms.com
Subject: Re: Panic: Can't mount root 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Jan 95 11:33:16 CST."
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 16:18:53 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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Try typing wd(1,a)/kernel at the boot prompt.
If you have a SCSI disk, try sd(1,a)/kernel.

				Jordan

> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Hope this isn't a ridiculously stupid question...
> 
> I'm installing FreeBSD to a 2nd drive (Use All option - No DOS partition)
> and followed the TroubleShooting notes on this subject to a tee (I think)
> including writing the MBR (B)ootcode to the 1st drive. All seems to work as
> expected until I reboot from hard disk. Devices seem to be found, but when
> I get to the mounts, I get a 'panic: can't mount root' message and auto-reboo
t.
> 
> Do I need to make any manual changes to 'fstab' with this configuration??
> If so, can you make a suggestion on how (from the boot floppy)?
> Or should I try putting bootcode on 2nd drive, then reversing IDE master/slav
e
> jumpers so that BSD drive is temporarily the primary??
> 
> Any other possbile causes?
> Maybe an incorrect disklabel??
> 
> a	(Starts at 0, Ends at 32MB-1)		32MB	/
> b	32MB-96MB				64MB	swap
> c
> d
> e	the rest				420MB	/usr
> f	unused
> 
> 
> Thank you for your help. I hope that I can return the favor with
> some code contributions some day (perhaps in the Enhanced IDE area??).
> I currently write most of the code for our file systems and disk drivers
> for QMS printers (and have been for 4-5 years).
> 
> Tom Davis
> Member Technical Staff
> QMS, Inc.