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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.easystreet.com!not-for-mail From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com (Ted Mittelstaedt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Boot Problem Date: 7 Mar 1997 06:12:58 GMT Organization: Cool Dudes Inc. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <5fobla$j4g$2@easystreet03> References: <331F6E15.6AF3@uclink4.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunnet.portsoft.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.6+ Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36738 In article <331F6E15.6AF3@uclink4.berkeley.edu>, Hugh T Ha <hughth@uclink4.berkeley.edu> says: > >I noticed that BSD says I have 3000 or so cylinders and 16 heads when my >BIOS is set to 524 and 64. I'm guessing this is why my installation >didn't work. I get this error when I boot: > >changing rot device to wd1a >panic cannot mount root > >Anyone know what's wrong and how to solve this problem? > Have you tried using the "standard" FreeeBSD boot loader, and doing an "incompatible with pre-existing partitions" installation?