From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jun 30 18:11:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA19541 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:11:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA19464 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:11:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA08972; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 17:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807010057.RAA08972@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Chris Coleman cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: System won't boot after Install. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jun 1998 10:38:44 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 17:57:38 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have a dual processor PII with 5 Seagate Drives and a Symbios UW and a > Symbios N controller and a Adaptec 2940UW controller. > > After installing the 3.0-SNAP found on ftp.freebsd.org, it won't boot > after it installs. It installs just fine. But then it can't seem to > find the FreeBSD partition. > > Any suggestions? Several. It's possible that there's an ordering problem; try pulling all of the controllers and disks other than the boot disk and see if it picks it up OK. If that still fails, then we need to know what the 'changing root device to' message says. Also, try a newer SNAP from current.freebsd.org, as there have been some improvements in that area recently. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message