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Date:      Sat, 21 Mar 1998 18:13:49 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net>
Cc:        Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net>, Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: panic: cannot mount root 
Message-ID:  <199803220213.SAA07284@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:58:48 CST." <E0yGa2D-000332-00@set.spradley.tmi.net> 

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> 
> > Filesytem mount failed, startup aborted.
> > ...
> > # /sbin/mount /dev/wd0s1 /
> > /dev/wd0s1 on /: Specified device does not match mounted device.
> > # /sbin/mount /dev/wd0s1a /
> > /dev/wd0s1a on /: No such file or directory
> 
> Is there a /dev/wd0s1a ?  If not, you need to upgrade your /dev/MAKEDEV 
> from /usr/src/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV (and /dev/MAKEDEV.local from 
> /usr/src/etc/MAKEDEV.local) and run (cd /dev; sh ./MAKEDEV all) to make 
> sure wd0s1[a-h] exist.

This won't create it.

# cd /dev
# ./MAKEDEV wd0s1a

will create wd0s1[a-h].

The original plaintiff will also want to update /sbin/mount.

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