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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 1994 17:03:21 -0500
From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
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In-Reply-To: <199412281807.AA26317@access4.digex.net> (message from Tom Billman on Wed, 28 Dec 1994 13:07:06 -0500)
Subject: Re: HELP! Panic: cannot mount root
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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Billman <tbillman@access.digex.net> writes:

    Tom> After running the install from the boot floppy to the hard
    Tom> disk.  When I try to boot the system from the hard disk it
    Tom> dies with the error:
 
    Tom> PANIC: cannot mount root
 
What's the geometry of the `a' partition you installed?  Does it end
before cylinder 1023?

--k