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From: Rogier Steehouder <r.j.s@gmx.net>
To: Matt Lazarou <matt@lazarou.org>
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Subject: Re: regarding freebsd
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On 23-10-2001 23:02 (+0200), Matt Lazarou wrote:
> Hi There,
> 
> I had my FreeBSD box running for 26 days when i got home from work today 
> the system was frozen so i killed the x server and it wouldn't let me 
> relogin in. Now when i restarted my computer... and tryed booting back 
> into FreeBSD i got the message:
> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
> Default: 0:ad0(0,a),a
> Boot:
> 
> Also the message invaild partition however the core os of the system is 
> installed on ad1 my secondary drive.  Any clue what i should type to fix 
> the problem i tryed:
> ad1(1,a)/kernel
> nothing any help would be apperciated.

It's a bit late, but try ad1(0,a)/kernel. As I understand it the device
name translates as:
/dev/ad0s1a -> ad0(0,a)
/dev/ad1s2f -> ad1(1,f) etc.

With kind regards, Rogier Steehouder

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