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Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 22:51:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Gary L. Leung" <garyl@uclink3.berkeley.edu>
To: questions@freebsd.org
Subject: can't mount root
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i installed freebsd successfully and boot it from a floppy.  at the Boot:
prompt i entered 1:sd(0,a)kernel because i installed bsd on the second
partition of my second drive.  it then reaches a line which says 'panic:
can't mount root' and reboots.  how can i fix that?

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