From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Mar 6 12:56: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from dnsp1.sce.com (dnsp1.sce.com [155.13.48.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 564C937BD2E for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:55:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from GAMORM@sce.com) Received: from D058661.sce.com (D058661.sce.com [155.13.167.39]) by dnsp1.sce.com (AIX4.3/UCB 8.8.8/5.5.5) with ESMTP id MAA206794 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:55:58 -0800 Received: from go2ntswpr01.sce.com (D068976.sce.com [155.13.76.17]) by D058661.sce.com (AIX4.3/UCB 8.8.8/8.7) with ESMTP id MAA91460 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:55:58 -0800 Received: from exchcon03.sce.com (unverified) by go2ntswpr01.sce.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id ; Mon, 06 Mar 2000 12:54:58 -0800 Received: by exchcon03.sce.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:54:59 -0800 Message-Id: From: "Gamo, Ryan M" To: "'the_hermit665@hotmail.com'" , "'newbies@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Boot problems Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:54:55 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org So is everyone positive that I don't have to reinstall anything... this is just one of those stupid device conflicts/issues? > ---------- > From: Cosmic 665[SMTP:the_hermit665@hotmail.com] > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 9:59 AM > To: Gamo, Ryan M > Subject: Re: Boot problems > > > Did you try the "boot -s" string?? if your able to get to a prompt the > take > a look at you fstab file (vi /etc/fstab). You may have left out your "/" > partition... :P > > -Cosmic-665 > > > >Here's the story. I thought I could get through an initial install. I'm > >putting FreeBSD on a "dummy" machine (Pentium 66 16mb 1gb) to test some > >things. Any three of the installs goes through fine. I try to boot and it > >gives me something like this; > > > >ERROR: Panic: Cannot mount root (6) > > > >Syncing disks... done > > > >And then it forces a reboot. It keeps on doing this. The hard drive seems > >fine and I cleared the kernel of anything that wasn't physically there. > > > >Someone help... any suggestions? Reinstall? With what > >options/configurations? > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > > > >Ryan M. Gamo > >Southern California Edison > >Information Technology > >IT Application Services - TDBU > >PAX: 51234 * GamoRM > >"KNOW YOUR ROLE" > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message