Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 19:21:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Cc: tmonroe@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Re: [2.1.5-R] What causes... Message-ID: <199608220121.TAA07674@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <199608201745.KAA20011@freefall.freebsd.org> from "owner-questions-digest@freefall.freebsd.org" at Aug 20, 96 10:45:57 am
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Anthony Monroe <tmonroe@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> complained:
> I was happily installing 2.1.5-RELEASE last night from CD to my new
> SCSI disk. After all the copying was done, and I rebooted the system,
> I could convince it to load the kernel, but I was greeted by this
> discouraging message:
>
> panic: cannot mount root
Do you also have IDE drives on this system? If you have one, you can boot
from the SCSI disk by typing hd(1,a)/kernel at the boot prompt. If you have
two IDE drives, you probably can't boot from a SCSI disk (unless your BIOS
is far less stupid than mine). You might try hd(2,a)/kernel, etc.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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