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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 1997 01:15:31 -0400
From:      Joshua Fielden <shaggy@houseofduck.ml.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel config problems...
Message-ID:  <3425FEF2.1F95FDD5@houseofduck.ml.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970922215404.6177R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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The first disk, /dev/wd0a


Doug White wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Joshua Fielden wrote:
> 
> > ...I'm sure I saw this a while ago, but when I searched the archives, I
> > came up zilch...
> > I configured a kernel, with the following option:
> >
> > config          kernel  root on wd0
> >
> > I have two EIDE hard drives on two seperate busses, on a BSD-only setup,
> > and when I compile the kernel and install <no errors> I get the
> > following error:
> >
> > Panic: Nobody wants to mount my root for me.
> > Press any key on the console to reboot
> 
> That's new, it usually just says
> 
> panic: can't mount root
> 
> > After the device probe.
> >
> > Now I know I'm missing something basic, but I can't think what it is,
> > and have been staring at my monitor for too many hours, anyone got a
> > solution?
> 
> What disk are you booting from?
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon
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