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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 12:16:11 -0400
From: ScaryG <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
To: Justyn <dragon@dlance.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: mountroot>? (Very Dumb Question)
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 10:51:45 -0500
Justyn <dragon@dlance.com> wrote:

> I know this is probly a very dumb question. Ive checked the archives and
> still cant find the answer. I've instaleld ver 4.5 on my machine and
> everything seems to install fine. When I reboot the machine it comes to
> a prompt that says mountroot>. Ive installed FreeBsd on this machine
> before and it was fine. Does anyone have any ideas where I could go for
> answers or know the answers? Please cc me any replies.

 I've seen that happen when the drive type, controller type, or even the
channel you have the drive connected on changes between when you loaded
and rebooted.

 It needs to know where to boot the root from...

/dev/ad0s1a

 Depends on your hardware and slices.

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