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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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