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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!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!194.119.128.129!news.u-net.com!not-for-mail From: jegan@shipway.u-net.com (James Egan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install Problem Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 15:05:25 GMT Organization: U-NET Ltd Lines: 28 Message-ID: <33c253d9.507933269@harrogateX51> References: <01bc8b78$ecdeebe0$3201a8c0@jeff> NNTP-Posting-Host: shipway.u-net.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44108 On 8 Jul 1997 08:28:35 GMT, "Jeff Serafini" <jserafini@citylinq.com> wrote: > >PANIC: CANNOT MOUNT ROOT >SYNCING DISKS.......DONE > >And then it give me 15secs until reboot. What is causing this and how do I >fix it? >Please email me directly if possible....jserafini@citylinq.com > I would guess the disk is described in your cmos setup as LBA mode ie. 64 heads instead of 16. I'm no FreeBSD expert but I think you need the disk to be in normal (CHS) mode and the FreeBSD boot sector to be before the 1024th cylinder. This will create a problem if you have a large sized hard disk partitioned between FreeBSD and DOS. The DOS bit in these circumstances can only be a maximum of 500Mb at the front of the disk. I would be happy to stand corrected if someone knows otherwise. Jim. (Also a beginner)