From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 4 17:17:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA20203 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 4 May 1996 17:17:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA20185 for ; Sat, 4 May 1996 17:17:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA09256; Sun, 5 May 1996 09:49:45 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605050019.JAA09256@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: PANIC: Cannot mount root To: jgenend@ibm.net (Jeff Genender) Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 09:49:44 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <318BB959.11E9@ibm.net> from "Jeff Genender" at May 4, 96 03:08:57 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jeff Genender stands accused of saying: > > The problem is, I can install FreeBSD without any problem. I then go to > boot (with the floppy) and type in sd(1,a)/kernel (for the second drive) > and it does nothing. I then type in sd(2,a)/kernel and it begins to > boot and I then get the famous 'PANIC: Cannot mount root'. I have tried The BIOS drive numbers and SCSI minor numbers are out of sync. This is addressed in newer bootblocks, but you should be able to boot hd(1,a)/kernel without any problems. If this works, look in /usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot and modify the Makefile and boot.c to default to this. If you can't work that out, come back and we'll talk you through it. > Jeff Genender -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[