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To: "Paul Goodyer" <paul.goodyer@digitalmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Free BSD, Completely stuck, please help!
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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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