From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 18 10:51:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA12653 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:51:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA12646 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:51:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA01562; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:51:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 10:51:01 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Rich Lampe cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Where to ask for install questions?? In-Reply-To: <347111AD.1378733E@bc.cybernex.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Rich Lampe wrote: > Where can I get answers for install problems, installed on 2nd ide > drive. Right here. > Can't reboot after install. Panic: cannot mount root! Try swapping the FreeBSd disk to the master postition then follow these instructions. If you get the message: panic: Cannot mount root At the end of the probe sequence you should either: 1. Have the line: config kernel root on wd2 in your kernel config, OR: 2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other parameters unchanged). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major