From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 23 14:15:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA22863 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 14:15:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA22854 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 14:15:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA03315; Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:58:42 -0800 Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 13:58:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Bruce Hamilton <76225.2355@compuserve.com> cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Loading FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <960122224549_76225.2355_GHM111-1@CompuServe.COM> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On 22 Jan 1996, Bruce Hamilton wrote: > I am installing FreeBSD on a second WD drive on my 386 PC. I have completed the > file mount and selected the proceed option. When I start the boot from process > the boot process appears to working OK up to a point then stops with the > message: > > PANIC: CANNOT MOUNT ROOT Oops. Something went wrong. > I have noticed that some of the devices are not located during the boot process. > Any suggestions on how to get around this? Also, is there a utility for > displaying device addresses and IRQs so I can compare them to the boot info? Put the -c option on the boot prompt. ie: Boot: wd(1,a)/kernel -c or just Boot: -c if it loads without a hint. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major