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Date:      Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:52:35 +0000
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel uses wrong root device
Message-ID:  <19981202135235.A301@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <19981202134436.A301@scientia.demon.co.uk>
References:  <19981202134436.A301@scientia.demon.co.uk>

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I wrote:

> changing root device to wd1a
> changing root device to wd1s1a
> panic: can't mount root

That should be

changing root device to wd1s1a
changing root device to wd1a
error 6: panic: cannot mount root (2)

error 6 is ENXIO, device not configured according to src/sys/errno.h.
Hardly surprising a non-existent device isn't configured really :-(

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Ben Smithurst
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