Date: 14 Jun 1998 12:09:08 -0500 From: sfarrell+lists@farrell.org To: "Paul Goodyer" <paul.goodyer@digitalmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Free BSD, Completely stuck, please help! Message-ID: <87n2bfap1n.fsf@couatl.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: "Paul Goodyer"'s message of "Sun, 14 Jun 1998 11:11:59 %2B0100" References: <000401bd977c$de0a5580$8930e4d4@barney>
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"Paul Goodyer" <paul.goodyer@digitalmail.com> writes:
> I have recently purchased FreeBSD and the "Complete FreeBSD" book and have
Which version is this? 2.2.6?
>
> I keep having the same error "Panic: Cannot Mount Root"). Everything seems
> to be fine on install, the system seems to boot OK, but as soon as it tries
> to mount the filesystem the same thing happens.
Have you specified where to find root? You should need to boot with
some arguments like, e.g.,
2:wd(3,a)kernel
and once you do, put this in /boot.config so that it will know it in
the future. you should see this documentation when you boot, but in
case you don't:
Usage: bios_drive:interface(unit,partition)kernel_name options
bios_drive 0, 1, ...
interface fd, wd or sd
unit 0, 1, ...
partition a, c, ...
kernel_name name of kernel, or ? for list of files in root
directory
options -a (ask name) -C (cdrom) -c (userconfig) -D (dual
consoles)
-d (debug early) -g (gdb) -h (serial console) -P
(probe kbd)
-r (default root) -s (single user) -v (verbose)
Examples:
1:sd(0,a)mykernel boot `mykernel' on the first SCSI drive when
one IDE
drive is present
1:wd(2,a) boot from the second (secondary master) IDE
drive
1:sd(0,a)? list the files in the root directory on the
specified
drive/unit/partition, and set the default
bios_drive,
interface, unit and partition
-cv boot with the defaults, then run UserConfig to
modify
hardware parameters (c), and print verbose
messages (v)
--
Steve Farrell
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