Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:37:56 +0100 From: "Bond, Jeffery" <Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk> To: "'alan17@wizard.net'" <alan17@wizard.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: How to boot FreeBSD Message-ID: <DD2AB7991BC6D211988E00A024AC583B83EC04@exchange.nectech.co.uk>
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Hi Alan, It's failing because it is assuming that the root fs is on wd1a, where is it actually on wd2a. Do you have a primary slave device installed? The reason I ask is because I had a similar problem a while ago when I had a primary and secondary master, but no primary slave. Have you tried entering wd2a at the 'Boot:' prompt? I can't remember the exact syntax, but you can specify where the root fs is at the boot prompt. Once you get it to boot using this method, I think you can then modify some file to tell it where to look (or recompile the kernel). Sorry I don't have exact details. I'm sure someone else on the list does know! Regards, Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: alan17@wizard.net [SMTP:alan17@wizard.net] > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 7:10 PM > To: Jeff.Bond@nectech.co.uk > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How to boot FreeBSD > > According to Bond, Jeffery: > > > > Hi Alan, > > > > You say FreeBSD is on your second hard drive. Is this a slave on the > primary > > interface, or a master on the secondary? > > > > If it's a secondary master, I guess the /etc/lilo.conf entry would point > to > > /dev/hdc1 (in linux speak). > Yes indeed. It is a secondary master, and I believe my LILO entry > works fine. > > But all problems are not over. :-( When I boot my machine and enter > "bsd" at the LILO prompt, BSD certainly seems to be booting. The screen > messages start with "Loading bsd . . . " and continue on, using a lot > of terminology that a 'umble Linuxian like meself cannot fathom. But at > the end of the process, here are the lines that appear on the screen: > changing root device to wd1s1a > changing root device to wd1a > error 6: panic: cannot mount root (2) > syncing disks . . . done > > and then I am offered the chance to reboot. > > I actually went through the install process twice, and thought I did > the second time quite well. I am willing to try again, but I'm hoping > that the Masters on this list can give me input on what to avoid, or > what to try for. I installed with the "novice" method, and I put in > a lot of ports . .. but I don't believe that any of that is causing > the kernel panic reflected in the messages above. > > All help much appreciated, TIA! > > Alan > > -- > Alan McConnell I claim not to have controlled events, but confess > Pixel Analysis plainly that events have controlled me. (A. Lincoln) > alan17@wizard.net Hold the fort! I am coming! (W.T. Sherman) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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