Date: Wed, 18 Jan 95 11:33:16 CST From: davis@rd.qms.com (Tom Davis) To: questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: davis@sun470.rd.qms.com Subject: Panic: Can't mount root Message-ID: <9501181733.AA12573@whaler.rd.qms.com>
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Hi guys, Hope this isn't a ridiculously stupid question... I'm installing FreeBSD to a 2nd drive (Use All option - No DOS partition) and followed the TroubleShooting notes on this subject to a tee (I think) including writing the MBR (B)ootcode to the 1st drive. All seems to work as expected until I reboot from hard disk. Devices seem to be found, but when I get to the mounts, I get a 'panic: can't mount root' message and auto-reboot. Do I need to make any manual changes to 'fstab' with this configuration?? If so, can you make a suggestion on how (from the boot floppy)? Or should I try putting bootcode on 2nd drive, then reversing IDE master/slave jumpers so that BSD drive is temporarily the primary?? Any other possbile causes? Maybe an incorrect disklabel?? a (Starts at 0, Ends at 32MB-1) 32MB / b 32MB-96MB 64MB swap c d e the rest 420MB /usr f unused Thank you for your help. I hope that I can return the favor with some code contributions some day (perhaps in the Enhanced IDE area??). I currently write most of the code for our file systems and disk drivers for QMS printers (and have been for 4-5 years). Tom Davis Member Technical Staff QMS, Inc.
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