From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 12 18:25:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA12603 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 18:25:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA12579 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 18:25:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA22127; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 18:25:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 18:25:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Raimondas Baltuskevicius cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! In-Reply-To: <19980108063618.24155.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Raimondas Baltuskevicius wrote: > I have downloaded from Internet (ftp.freeBSD.org) and instaled FreeBSD > release 2.1.7.1. When I am booting freeBSD from hard disk all booting > comands passed normally but at the end system hangs and write: > > panic: cannot mount root > > What I may to do? 1. Move the hard disk that FreeBSD is installed on to the master position on your primary IDE controller (or equivalent so it boots properly). 2. Follow these instructions: If you get the message: panic: Cannot mount root At the end of the probe sequence you should either: 1. Have the line: config kernel root on wd2 in your kernel config, OR: 2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other parameters unchanged). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major