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From: parag@gsi.gsini.net
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: panic: cannot mount root
Date: 30 Aug 1996 17:03:23 GMT
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To: pchivers@ozemail.com.au (Paul Chivers)
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In article <4vtgsh$khv@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net> <4vvjhb$dn3@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> <501ric$fkk@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>,
pchivers@ozemail.com.au (Paul Chivers) wrote:
>
> geordan@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Geordan Rosario) wrote:
> >In article <4vtgsh$khv@reader1.reader.news.ozemail.net>,
> >Paul Chivers <pchivers@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >>The PC resets and starts to boot FreeBSD. It goes through the entire
> >>device probe sequence OK. But at the end it displays:
> >>
> >> changing root device to wd1a
> >> panic: cannot mount root
> >When the boot prompt comes up ("Boot:") try "hd(1,a)/kernel".
> Yep, tried that. No luck.
> I think the clue is that it's trying to change root device to wd1a
> when my FreeBSD (ie. second) drive is wd2 !
> My CD-ROM is wcd0c (and I assume therefore wd1).
> I have consequently tried "hd(2,a)/kernel" and variations without
> success. "hd(1,a)/kernel" starts the device probe sequence OK and
> seems to work best. It just can't mount root. :-(
> Paul
>
I also had the same problem. I ended up splitting the primary disk
to give FreeBSD soace to put the / directory, and put everything else
on the second drive.
Parag Chhibber
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