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From: tzs@u.washington.edu (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot mount root during install?
Date: 16 May 1995 01:18:57 GMT
Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95
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In article <3p5ds3$rc1@passion.nosc.mil>, jd lima <lima@io.nosc.mil> wrote:
>I can't think of what else to do -- except try the latest SNAP, and 
>right now I don't think that's going to do much, but what else can I
>try?.

You can try Linux.  It works from the second drive, is much more flexible
to set up than FreeBSD, and Linus doesn't respond to requests for help with
smartass remarks.

--Tim Smith