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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!plains.NoDak.edu!tinguely From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Panic: Can't mount root Message-ID: <C4GLr8.L70@ns1.nodak.edu> Date: 25 Mar 93 19:21:08 GMT Article-I.D.: ns1.C4GLr8.L70 References: <1993Mar25.180338.1249@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (Usenet login) Organization: North Dakota State University Lines: 10 Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu In article <1993Mar25.180338.1249@coe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes: >The dist floppy boots fine, loads the OS, then says reboot. I hit reboot, >it comes up, makes it just past probing for devices, and then >Panic's with a "Can't mount root". check the what the BIOS thinks is the type of floppy drive. If you are booting off a 3.5" drive and the BIOS thinks the drive is a 5.25", you will get this "can't mount root" error. --mark.