Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 16:58:05 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.1 Install problem (trying to boot sd1 instead of sd0?!?) Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970409165805.00bca8d0@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970409111013.4172B-100000@localhost> References: <3.0.1.32.19970409100347.00a90760@sentex.net>
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At 11:11 AM 4/09/97 -0700, Doug White wrote: >On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Mike Tancsa wrote: > >> Basically, I installed 2.2.1 on a 486-DX100 on sd0, but when I boot I get >> the message "kernel panic... can not mount root on sd1"... Why would it >> look to sd1 for the root partition instead of sd0 ? > >You will get this if the IDE controller is enabled. Try disabling it. > >Also try rebuilding your kernel and modifying the 'kernel' line in the >config to point to sd0. > >You can get started by typing > >sd(0,a)/kernel Super, thanks for the tips... In the end, I got it to work by disabling the IDE drive in the BIOS. Then I was able to boot up with out too many problems.... ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *
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