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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:02:42 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        NWebster <NWebster@aol.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help :o)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112200220.22079k-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <2707ec50.34b3d815@aol.com>

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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, NWebster wrote:

> I hope you can help.. I have got myself really stuck and cant seem to work out
> how to fix the problem.  I have just installed 2.2.5 on a partition (1.2gb
> partition) on my HD.  It boots up fine, it gets to the detecting CD Rom part
> ok, finds my network card.. then comes up Panic: cannot mount root and reboots
> itself, it does this over and over.. 

Boot up your hard disk (moving it if necessary) then:

 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





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