From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 10 13:32:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA18727 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:32:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA18711 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:32:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08947; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 13:31:53 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Jason Fayre cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: isntallation help!!!! In-Reply-To: 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 On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Jason Fayre wrote: > 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. This belongs on -questions, not -current. > 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 See FAQ question 2.25. http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message