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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!kettle.magna.com.au!usenet From: kevin@magna.com.au (Kevin Tucker) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Cannot mount root??? Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 01:23:37 GMT Organization: Hilltop Software Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3r0c4a$d3g@kettle.magna.com.au> References: <3qhsc9$fgd@kettle.magna.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: erg.magna.com.au X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.46 > hd(1,a)/kernel > -> > Changing root to sd0a > Panic: cannot mount root Peter da Silva sent me the answer by email, probably to save me the public embarrassment, (thanks Peter) it was booting as "sd(1,a)" instead of "hd(1,a)". It's been a long time since I last used unix, I must have forgotten you are allowed to think while installing software. Thanks Kevin