Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 02:04:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net> To: jeorgeh@bewellnet.com (Jeorge Hasselbrink) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: H e l l l l l l l l p p p p p Message-ID: <199806020604.CAA20816@nwalme.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <199806020437.VAA06983@hub.freebsd.org> from Jeorge Hasselbrink at "Jun 1, 98 10:38:41 pm"
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> Hi!! Im a newbie so please dont be too harsh > > Ive installed free BSD on my Windows 95 on a second hard drive totaly > dedicated to the BSD file system. The instilation compleats and then > reboots. The boot manager works just fine and starts to run the kernal. > everything goes along fine and then it says > > > panic cannot mount root > > I hope its something simple, but ive looked through the book on the cd and > can't find anything (if it were a snake it would probably bite me) any help > would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance Actually, it is kinda a snake. Short answer: type "1:wd(0,a)kernel" at the "boot:" prompt. If it doesn't work, fool around with the numbers. Change wd to sd if you have SCSI. Long answer: search the archives at http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/search.html > > jeorgeh@bigfoot.com or > jeorgeh@bewellnet.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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