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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!worldnet.att.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!pith.uoregon.edu!Symiserver2.symantec.com!news From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: "Can not mount root files" Date: 21 Dec 1996 07:37:52 GMT Organization: Symantec Corp. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <59g44g$86e@Symiserver2.symantec.com> References: <32b60e76.2574518@library.airnews.net> Reply-To: tedm@agora.rdrop.com NNTP-Posting-Host: shiva3.central.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32922 In <32b60e76.2574518@library.airnews.net>, bvjdj@dibbs.net (Bruce V. Jernigan) writes: >I have repeatedly attempted to install FreeBSD 2.1.5 using the CD from [deleted] >completed it starts to boot but stops after a few minutes with the >message" Panic: Can not mount root files" Then it reboots. I have The boot loader must be able to read the kernel via BIOS calls from the hard disk, which basically means that the kernel must be located underneath the 1024 cylinder boundary. Try fdisking the entire disk, and installing using the so-called "dangerously dedicated" method. (yes, I realize you will lose all your files on your other partitions, that is what backup media is for.) If this works you have a BIOS problem and you will need to re-arrainge your partitions.