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Date:      Wed, 28 Dec 1994 13:07:06 -0500
From:      Tom Billman <tbillman@access.digex.net>
To:        questions@freebsd.org, tbillman@access.digex.net
Subject:   HELP! Panic: cannot mount root
Message-ID:  <199412281807.AA26317@access4.digex.net>

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Hello,
 
I'm trying to install FreeBSD 2.0 on my PC.
 
I have an Intel 90 MHz Plato motherboard running AMI BIOS Ver 1.0.10.AX1.
The system has 16Meg main memory.  A TEAC 4x CD-ROM running off a Sound Blaster
16 sound card.  The video card is a #9 GXE-Pro with 2Meg VRAM.  The system
has both 1.44 and 1.2 floppy drives.  No ethernet card is currently installed.
 
I have two WD31000 hard drives.  The first is devoted to DOS, and the second
is for FREEBSD 2.0.  I have the FREE BSD 2.0 CD-ROM which was published in
DEC '94 from Walnut Creek CDROM.
 
After running the install from the boot floppy to the hard disk.  When I try
to boot the system from the hard disk it dies with the error:
 
PANIC: cannot mount root
 
Any help would be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
 
Tom Billman



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