Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:49:45 -0800 From: greg strockbine <gstrock@dpc.com> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 3.1 Install Giving Up - Hello Linux? Message-ID: <36FA8549.CEEE241B@dpc.com>
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"Panic can't mount /" for the past week I have been trying to install 3.1 fbsd on a second IDE drive, set up as a secondary master. This drive is dedicated to Fbsd. the FAQ identifies this problem as a disagreement between boot block and kernel about how the drives are numbered. The work around however doesn't work, "at the boot prompt enter 1:wd(a,2) kernel". I suspect that solution is for a pre 3.1 release. I was successful installing 3.1 on my 2nd drive when I had the drive installed as a primary slave. However, I want the drive on its own channel. When it is connected as a primary slave it sounds like it never spins down when I'm running win98 from the 1st drive. I tried something goofy, after installing fbsd on the drive as a primary slave, I moved the drive to secondary master. Now the system goes into perpetual reboot. I wonder if I would have the same problem with Linux? I am about to abandon Fbsd. This is my first attempt at installing a unix on my home pc. At my regular job I've been using unix for about 15 years, but never messed around with kernel stuff. Any suggestions? --- greg strockbine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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