From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 10 10:17:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA25854 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:17:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from halsey.arkenstone.org ([209.213.203.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA25844 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 10:17:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfayre@mindspring.com) Received: from localhost by arkenstone.org via sendmail with esmtp id (Debian Smail3.2.0.101) for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 03:20:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 03:20:05 -0800 (PST) From: Jason Fayre X-Sender: jfayre@halsey.arkenstone.org To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: isntallation help!!!! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, This situation is driving me crazy. I have tried to install FreeBSD on my system several times. I have tried with 2.2.6 and with 3.0. Problem: Install completes successfully. When I try to boot the system for the first time, the kernel starts and goes through the device checks. Then I get the message: kernel panic: unable to mount root (2) The lines just preceding this error are: changing root to wd0s1a changing root to wd0a I may not have this info exactly correct as I am now at work and the system is at home. I have tried install disks from 2.2.6, 3.0.release and the latest 3.0 snap. Here is my configuration: Pentium 166 48MB of ram Ne2000 network card at 300H, irq 11 2.5gb ide segate hard drive. I have tried using the entire drive for freebsd in case it might be a drive geometry problem, but no change. Help!!!!! Jason Fayre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message