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From: "Al. Andreou" <ee4299@ee.teiath.gr>
To: Maxim Mazurok <maxim@km.ua>
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Subject: Re: booting on Ultra AX fail
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Maxim Mazurok wrote:
> Manual root filesystem specification:
>   <fstype>:<device>  Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
>                        eg. ufs:da0a
>   ?                  List valid disk boot devices
>   <empty line>       Abort manual input
>
> mountroot>
> panic: Root mount failed, startup aborted.
>
> Where is my mistake?

In the mountroot> prompt you are supposed to provide the kernel
with a partition to consider as its root partition.

You should use the partition on the CDROM as your root (on an
Ultra 5 today it worked it out by itself). You should enter:

mountroot> cd9660:acd0a

It should proceed normally from there on.

Irrelevant note:
today I discovered and installed the sparc port :-) . I have
kept what I consider a helpfull extension of INSTALL.txt in
http://nemesis.ee.teiath.gr/~ee4299/files/freebsd/installation-steps.txt
In the same directory lies a copy of the bzipped ISO image
for anyone interested :-) .

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let every woman have her own husband. . . it is better to
marry than to burn"  -- Paul, I Corinthians vii. 2, 9.


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