Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 00:44:26 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> To: dan@dpcsys.com (Dan Busarow) Cc: mark@monmouth.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot Moutn Root? Message-ID: <199706142244.AAA23974@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970614131848.3678C-100000@cedb> from Dan Busarow at "Jun 14, 97 01:20:58 pm"
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> On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, Mark wrote:
> > When I boot and choose drive 2, everything looks
> > like it is loading, but then I get a Panic error.
> > The error is "Cannot Mount Root"
>
> At the boot prompt, try entering
>
> wd(1,a)/kernel
or better yet
1:wd(2,a)/kernel
^
because the root partition is on the master disk of the second
IDE controller, and wd(1,a) is on the slave disk of the first
IDE controller, which you don't have.
>
> Dan
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