Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 11:48:50 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Chad Monteith <beowulf@sns-access.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, chad@pobox.com Subject: Re: Boot panics Message-ID: <33E445F2.6FF7@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970802005112.3090A-100000@pickwick>
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Chad Monteith wrote: > > Greetings: > I successfully installed FreeBSD on one of my HD's, but when it > boots it panics becuase it cannot find the root partition. Here is my > setup: > on IDE Port 0: Master IDE Drive (WD), Slave IDE CDROM > on IDE Port 1: IDE Drive (WD) with FreeBSD on it > The system reports the BSD Drive as wd2 (Which it is). I have tried > placing these parameters at boot time: wd(2,a)kernel > I know it can reasd the drive, as the boot can read the root partition, > and it runs all the setup config programs, it just does not boot the root > partition. > Any and all assistance will be greatly appreciated. > Please CC a response to chad@pobox.com or I may not get it! > Thanks for your time. > > -Chad Try giving the line: 1:wd(2,a)/kernel at the Boot: prompt. Nadav
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