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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Subject: Re: first harddrive boot panics Message-ID: <1993Mar25.205419.13422@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CS References: <C4GF8v.HwM@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1993 20:54:19 GMT Lines: 30 In article <C4GF8v.HwM@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com> jsalmi@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com (John Salmi) writes: >first off, thanks for the multiple and rapid responses to my compaq boot >query. :) > >now, more fun. after running install, and copying the floppy image(s) to >the 386bsd partition, the machine boots from the now-active bsd partition. > >after probing the peripherals, the machine panics while attempting to mount >root. the display recycles pretty quickly, so i'm only able to glean that >much from it - the mount root thingie. > >i also seem to recall reading in the faq or bug report or somewhere that >a chmod needs to be done. but do you think i can find the reference? > >the fixit floppy boots ok, but i'm not able to fsck /dev/rwd0a||wd0a... >"no label" or some such message. > >the newfs and load of the floppy images seems to be ok. and since the >machine keeps rebooting, i'm assuming that the label is ok.. > >thanks, as always, in advance. again. > >cheers, I'm in the same boat, over in comp.os.386bsd.bugs or misc, you might want to check there and see if anybody follows up. -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu