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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Cannot mount root during install? Date: 17 May 1995 04:41:20 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3pbupg$dtp@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <3o4lp2$b2i@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <3p8ui1$r4g@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <3pakru$m8h@agate.berkeley.edu> <3pb1t4$pbg@nntp5.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <3pb1t4$pbg@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, Tim Smith <tzs@u.washington.edu> wrote: >I tell it hd(1,a)/kernel (I'm reporting from memory here, so I may >not have the syntax exactly right). The kernel loads from the hard >disk, initializes all my devices, and appears to be real happy. Until >it gets to the point where it is to mount root. It then panics, saying >that it cannot mount root. Could you also try this with (you don't specify what kind of drives you have) wd(1,a)/kernel or sd(1,a)/kernel? >Don't misunderstand me. I like your work. I even enjoy smartass remarks, >and make them myself on occasion (actually, alsmot everything I post is a >smartass remark...). But it would be really helpful if you are going to >reply to a thread discussing a legitimate problem if you could at least Fair enough. Jordan