Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 12:57:35 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: hackers@freebsd.org, pedrosal@nce.ufrj.br Cc: bugs@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing root and PANIC! Message-ID: <199508230257.MAA32514@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>I tried several times to install BSD 2.0.5, but always had the >same problem: I am using the fourth "slice" of my SCSI hard >disk, "sd0s4" for BSD, but when I boot it, comes the message >"changing root device to sd2a" and PANIC! >The SCSI id of the disk is 0 and the id of the CD-ROM is 2. >So, what does mean "sd2a" mean? Is it the second slice of >the disk or the CD-ROM? It is the first BSD slice of the third SCSI disk. The `2' is probably for BIOS drive number 0x82 (the 3rd BIOS drive = the first SCSI drive when there are 2 drives before it in the BIOS drive numbering scheme). Try booting from hd(1,a)/kernel like the prompt says. This only works for the first SCSI drive. Bruce
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