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From: grizzly@ionet.net (Jay)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PANIC  Can not mount root
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 14:37:55 GMT
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"Jeremy M. harris" <jeremy@cannet.com> wrote:

>God have mercy on the newbie.
>
>I have just installed Free BSD V2.2.1. I am running Win95 on my primary
>drive. When I boot to the secondary drive with bootmgr BSD runs through
>the devices then I get a Panic error  "Can not mount root". What am I
>doing wrong?

I have the same problem, similar situation.  I am using IBM's boot
Manager since I have OS/2 4.0 and Win 95 installed on different
drives.  FreeBSD is installed on the last HD.  Boot Manager boots the
FreeBSD partition, then I get panic: cannot mount root.  I have tried
several combinations at the boot prompt to no avail.


Jay L. Norton
grizzly@ionet.net