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To: tprovenc@CUSD.Chico.k12.Ca.US (Tim Provencio)
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Subject: Re: Question on Problem 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:24:22 -0800."
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 12:32:54 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> CD Rom (IDE), Slave on Primary PCI IDE Controller
> Quantum Fireball 1.2 gig, Master on Sencondary PCI IDE Controller
>    (set up using Novice FreeBSD install, was FreeBSD in another machine)
> Floppies, etc, no SCSI or anything else, only PPP networking

So it was drive zero when you actually installed it?  Hmmmm.

> PANIC:
> Unable to mount root
> and then goes into an automatic reboot state.

What happens if you boot:

	wd(1,a)/kernel

Explicitly at the boot: prompt?  I'm just searching for clues here..

					Jordan