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Date:      Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:37:47 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Pasha <pasha@best.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961115163320.3809S-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199611152133.NAA21944@proxy1.ba.best.com>

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On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Pasha wrote:

> Hi, I just installed, FreeBSD OS on my PC.  
> First of all, I tried to install from CD and it didn't work: System didn't
> find my CD.  So, I've changed CD-ROM on Primary Slave (It was secondary
> master first) and I installed FreeBSD on my second HD (secondary master)
> from CD. But when I start BSD, it says: "panic: can't mount root".  And
> then It restarts. If I want to start it, I have to type"   
> 1:sd(2,a)kernel" , so it will mount root on wd2.  Is there anyway I can
> make it default??

Is that right?  I assume you meant 1:wd(2,a)/kernel. 

There isn't much you can do about this at the moment.  It involves
rebuilding the boot image but that is a royal pain.

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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