From nobody Wed Jul 9 08:59:55 1997 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA21141; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 08:59:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199707091559.IAA21141@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 08:59:55 -0700 (PDT) From: pac@bvemc.ppco.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: 'panic: cant mount root' while booting new installation from disk 2. X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 >Number: 4069 >Category: kern >Synopsis: 'panic: cant mount root' while booting new installation from disk 2. >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 9 09:00:02 PDT 1997 >Closed-Date: Fri Jul 11 21:43:36 MEST 1997 >Last-Modified: Fri Jul 11 21:44:01 MEST 1997 >Originator: Peter Clark >Release: 2.2.2 >Organization: Phillips Petroleum >Environment: System doesn't get that far! >Description: Novice installation: generating kernel on 2-disk machine with only /bin installation. Disk 1 is Windows 95, disk 2 is 'dedicated' to FreeBSD with 'compatibility' partition, default FreeBSD partitions and sizes. Disks are EIDE mode 4 on PCI bus. /bin and kernel configuration goes ok, and boot manager chooses correct disk and boot process starts, but after 'changing to device wd1a' message I get 'panic: cant mount root'. Is it possible to boot from 'D' drive or only from 'C'? I want to leave my disk 1 untouched as far as possible. Do I need more than just the /bin for a minimal installation, which I can add to later? >How-To-Repeat: Repeatable on my system. Create kernel on disk 2, with boot manager on both disk 1 and disk 2, select 'disk2' when asked by boot manager. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: joerg State-Changed-When: Fri Jul 11 21:43:36 MEST 1997 State-Changed-Why: Dup for PR # kern/4068. >Unformatted: