Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:42:43 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: "Mark A. Pitman" <map@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "cant mount root" error after install (with a single SCSI HD) Message-ID: <199811190642.WAA22456@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Nov 1998 04:27:30 GMT." <36539E32.52CECBFF@primenet.com>
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>I am able to install FreeBSD 2.2.7 successfully, however when I reboot, >I get the "panic: cant mount root" error. I am using a single SCSI HD >on an NCR53c810 PCI controller. I have noticed that when the system >boots, the kernel does not probe or detect any of the PCI devices. The >boot floppy probes the PCI devices fine (I guess that's pretty obvious, >since it installed). Anybody know what I can do to fix this? I'm new to That's a pretty strange problem - the first one I've heard like that. I can't think of anything off hand that would cause the installed kernel to ignore your PCI bus when the one on the install floppy sees it just fine. As a test, can you try to install 3.0? -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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