From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 22 06:20:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA20580 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 06:20:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA20569 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 06:20:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA05242; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 08:20:23 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199611221420.IAA05242@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Can't mount root (2) To: 72271.3671@CompuServe.COM (Clayton Carney) Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 08:20:23 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <961122051800_72271.3671_CHU81-1@CompuServe.COM> from Clayton Carney at "Nov 22, 96 00:18:01 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Clayton Carney said: > Hi, > > Still having troubling getting FreeBSD to boot properly. My thanks to Paul > Root, Nadav Eiron, and Andrew for their suggestions. Although it gave an error, > the tip of using 1:wd(2,a) at the boot prompt did get the system booted. I > proceeded to follow another suggestion and rebuilt the kernel, changing the line > to 'config kernel root on wd2'. However, the system still panics and says it > can't mount the root. Again, 1:wd(2,a) is the only way I can get a successful > boot. > Did you try to rebuild the kernel to to make it thing secondary controller, master disk as wd1? Something like: . . . config kernel root on wd1 . . . controller wdc0 at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14 vector wdintr disk wd0 at wdc0 drive 0 disk wd2 at wdc0 drive 1 controller wdc1 at isa? port "IO_WD2" bio irq 15 vector wdintr disk wd1 at wdc1 drive 0 disk wd3 at wdc1 drive 1 That should get it to boot off the second disk properly. (Crossing my fingers...:-) Paul. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030