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Date:      Wed, 17 Jul 1996 14:24:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Thanh Khuu <thankhuu@cco.caltech.edu>
To:        James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   can't mount root
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.960717141631.8812A-100000@piccolo>
In-Reply-To: <199607141851.SAA04016@jraynard.demon.co.uk>

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On Sun, 14 Jul 1996, James Raynard wrote:

> A simple way round this is to use the install floppy to boot from,
> then type in
> 
> wd(1,a)/kernel
> 
> at the Boot: prompt.  (The first letter is 'w' if you have 2 IDE
> disks, 's' if you have 2 SCSI disks and 'h' if you have one of each).
> 

I booted from the install floppy with the option you suggested but it 
still say:
   
  switching to wd1a    (the wdxx might not be right, i can't remember)
  panic: cannot mount root



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