> I have some problems on installing RiscBSD on my RiscPC. I am new to UNIX
> platforms and definitly would like to run RiscBSD on my computer.
> 
> I am using !DTRiscBSD v2.87 & kernel SA110, 4958 on a 16 Mb RiscPC with 1Mb VRAM
> and the SA110 processor board. I have two harddisks: drive 4: 1Gb EIDE & drive
> 5: 210 Mb IDE. Drive 5 is formatted with a 8 Mb ADFS partition, the other 202 Mb
> are not formatted so this can be used for RiscBSD (as a start)...
> 
> After reading the install.txt carefully and doing exactly the things is says I
> have encountered the following problem:
> 
> The install.txt says that I should enter the following in the !DTRiscBSD
> program:
> root device = /dev/rd0a
> swap device = /dev/wd1b   (for the use of drive 5)
> 
> during boot in RiscBSD mode the following problem message appears:
> ---> panic: cannot mount root
> and the rootdisk in the diskdrive is not started.
[snip]

Your problems are because kernel SA-4958 is not able to boot from floppy.
Use kernel SA-4871, and it should work.


Peter