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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 19:32:08 +0200
From: Stefan <veith@bigfoot.com>
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Hello

I have just installed FreeBSD without any problems. But whn I tried to
reboot the system after the kernel had booted I got the message:
" changing root device to wd1a - cannot mount root ".

Of course, it cannot! For I installed FreeBSD on wd2 (that is: master on
the second IDE-port) and DOS on wd0.
Then I bboted the kernel via the boot prompt (" 1:wd(2,a)/kernel ") and
compiled and own one; I added the line:
"config kernel root on wd2"
But the kernel still complains that it cannot change the root device.

What is wrong? I looked into fstab, I included in alle the
IDE-controller and ports in the kernel file, so where else could be the
problem?
                        
                        Stefan.