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From: pchivers@ozemail.com.au (Paul Chivers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: panic: cannot mount root
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:20:29 GMT
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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