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From: Jim Lowe <james@miller.cs.uwm.edu>
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To: jkh@time.cdrom.com
Subject:  Re: 6/14/96 kernel won't boot
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> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
> 
> > I picked up a new kernel this morning, remade it, and now my system
> > won't boot with the new kernel.  The system booted just fine with a
> > new kernel a day or so ago (6/12/96).
> 
> Just out of curiousity, have you tried one without DEVFS?
> 

Hmm... I think I have it figured out.  If you use the option
NFS_NOSERVER, the system won't boot and dumps chow just as it
is trying to start init.

	-Jim