Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 17:43:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Sann Yam <syam@futon.sfsu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't boot up Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961113174230.26765F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9611131654.AA10806@futon.sfsu.edu>
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On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Sann Yam wrote: > I'm trying to install the FreeBSD ver 2.1 on my machine, and > everytime it boot up to the point after the VGA setting, it says > "change root devic to wd1a", and then there's message that says > panic, cannot mount root... and then the system gives 15 sec to stop from > rebooting. EVerytime I get to this point, there always this message > to reboot, and the machine reboot itself after the 15 sec. Can you > tell me what is the problme. I tried to disable the conflicts drivers, > but still get that panic message, seem like a kernel's problem that > always want to change the mounting. Try giving the location explictly through the Boot: prompt instead of taking the default. For your system, it would be: wd(1,a)/kernel To boot a kernel on the second IDE disk. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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