Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:59:29 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [pac@bvemx.ppco.com: kern/4068: 'panic: cant mount root' while booting new installation from disk 2.] Message-ID: <19970710225929.CA46543@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199707100825.SAA29710@godzilla.zeta.org.au>; from Bruce Evans on Jul 10, 1997 18:25:27 %2B1000 References: <199707100825.SAA29710@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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As Bruce Evans wrote: > It should at least hint about booting with -a (which current only works if > the kernel was configured with "swap on generic", but should always work), > and failed attempts to mount root should lead back to the -a prompt, at > least if the kernel was booted with -a (-a is not so good for boots > that should work automatically). Sounds reasonable. > This probably takes a negative amount > of code to implement :-) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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