Subject: Re: Can't mount root
To: Tokuyuki KOMIYAMA <komiyama@twics.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/24/1996 11:59:52
>
> Afraid this might be a FAQ, but...
> I'm facing a "cannot mount root" problem. PLS help.
>
> <How it does not work>
> The booting stoppes at;
>
> ncrscsi0 targ 0 lun 0: <IBM, DORS-32160, S82C> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
> sd0 at scsibus0: 2063MB, 6703 cyl, 5head, 126 sec, 512 bytes/sec
> ncr96scsi0 at mainbus0 not configured
>
> Changing root device to sd0a
> I/O map kludge for old ROMs that use hardware addresses directly.
> panic: cannot mount root
> Stopped at _Debugger+0x6: unlk a6
> db>
<Very nice & detailed system description snipped for brevity>
Hmm. Make sure you made devices in the installer (just look in
/dev to see if stuff's there).
If that's not the problem, try something like "disklabel sd0c"
and see if the partitions are showing up correctly.
Take care,
Bill