From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 15 16:37:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA29944 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:37:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA29938 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:37:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA04003; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:37:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:37:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Pasha cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199611152133.NAA21944@proxy1.ba.best.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Pasha wrote: > Hi, I just installed, FreeBSD OS on my PC. > First of all, I tried to install from CD and it didn't work: System didn't > find my CD. So, I've changed CD-ROM on Primary Slave (It was secondary > master first) and I installed FreeBSD on my second HD (secondary master) > from CD. But when I start BSD, it says: "panic: can't mount root". And > then It restarts. If I want to start it, I have to type" > 1:sd(2,a)kernel" , so it will mount root on wd2. Is there anyway I can > make it default?? Is that right? I assume you meant 1:wd(2,a)/kernel. There isn't much you can do about this at the moment. It involves rebuilding the boot image but that is a royal pain. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major