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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 1996 17:35:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Manuel Hernandez <ManuelHe@ix.netcom.com>
Cc:        "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: panic: cannot mount root.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960422173253.28991H-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BB2E21.9A9253A0@irv-ca15-22.ix.netcom.com>

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On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, Manuel Hernandez wrote:

>    " changing root device to wd1a "
>    " panic: cannot mount root"
> 

> ... and then the computer reboots. I think there is something special I
need to type at the " boot: "  prompt. Is that correct? 

You can try to boot it manually by typing

sd(1,a)/kernel

at the Boot: prompt.

> I have read several BSD news postings that discribe similiar problems,
and that prompted me to make sure my geometry and partitions are set
correctly. Just in case though I include the information below. I hope you
can help me. 

That is what I was going to say.  

You may want to try making a small DOS partition on that disk, then 
delete that partition and make the FBSD partition over it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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