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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!tfs.com!mailhub!julian From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Subject: Re: Cannot mount root during install? Message-ID: <D8rKFs.2n0@tfs.com> Sender: usenet@tfs.com (Mr. News) Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA References: <3o4lp2$b2i@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3p8ui1$r4g@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <3pakru$m8h@agate.berkeley.edu> <3pb1t4$pbg@nntp5.u.washington.edu> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 07:50:16 GMT Lines: 24 >the point where I'm supposed to reboot from the hard disk (e.g., it >makes the file system, mounts it, copies the stuff from the first >floppy over, and tells me to reboot). When I get the boot prompt, >I tell it hd(1,a)/kernel (I'm reporting from memory here, so I may >not have the syntax exactly right). The kernel loads from the hard >disk, initializes all my devices, and appears to be real happy. Until >it gets to the point where it is to mount root. It then panics, saying >that it cannot mount root. > One problem I have is that I never install FreeBSD systems as a user might.. I make changes to the kernel and reboot. I tend to install manually I can never answer "What went wrong in my install" questions as I've rarely ever SEEN a 'normal' install. having said that, I helped someone install FBSD2.0 on a second disk today (over the phone) and it seemed to go fine.. I had them select "use entire disk" for the fdisk section which short-circuits some of the things that can go wrong however. julian