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Date:      Tue, 23 Jun 1998 02:22:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Nick Bodis <nbodis@baytechnologygroup.com>
Cc:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: PANIC: cannot mount root
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980623022142.15375p-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BD9DE9.C010A8E0.nbodis@baytechnologygroup.com>

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On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Nick Bodis wrote:

> I have installed FreeBSD on a dedicated 6.1GB disk on a 266Mhz with 64MB 
> RAM.
> 
> Any ideas on why during boot-up the message "Panic: cannot mount root" 
> appears and the system goes into an endless loop of trying to boot?

Because you have a hard drive and CDROM on the primary controller and the
second hard drive on it's won controller?  FreeBSD has trouble dealing
with this.


Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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