From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 11 23:32:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA27884 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA27876 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:32:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA29360; Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:31:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:31:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: John McWhirter cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PANIC!!! In-Reply-To: <35CCEDAA.576AA085@home.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 8 Aug 1998, John McWhirter wrote: > when I restart after installation I get > > panic: cannot mount root > > I've tried the fix outlined in the FreeBSD FAQ(2.24) > > "To fix the problem, do one of the following: > > 1.At the Boot: prompt, enter 1:wd(2,a)/kernel and press Enter. > If the system starts, then run the command > > echo "1:wd(2,a)/kernel" > /boot.config > > to make it the default boot string. > > 2.Move the FreeBSD disk onto the primary IDE controller, so the hard > disks are > consecutive." > > That did not work, I think because the drive I want to boot from is > already on the > primary IDE controller. > > can someone help me out with this... Okay, then you have a different problem. Please describe your disk setup, partitions, etc.. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message