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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:09:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: "Scott W. Pam" <scottpam@interport.net>
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Subject: Re: panic...
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On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Scott W. Pam wrote:

> Hiya and thanks!
> 
> I have spent all weekend downloading the system and the ports....when it
> finally finished and went to boot, it gave ame a "panic:unable to
> mount??" message and goes into an automatic reboot cycle without ever
> getting to the system...
> 
> Help?

I need to know the _exact_ panic text.  There are a couple of ``cant mount
root'' type messages but they are very distinct and have different
solutions.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major