Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 08:56:25 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: evan@probita.com (Evan Polster) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au Subject: Re: Boot error: changing root device to sda1 Message-ID: <199507252326.IAA03792@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <9507251931.AA22847@loon.probita.com> from "Evan Polster" at Jul 25, 95 01:31:26 pm
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Evan Polster stands accused of saying: > Your patience is truely admirable. You gotta be kidding 8) > That notwithstanding: > > I attempted to boot with the -s option > > >> Boot: -s > > and the root prompt (#) did not come up before I got to > the dreaded error: > > changing root device to sd1a > panic: unable to mount root. Ok; did you try Boot: hd(1,a)/kernel -s (The 'boot' prompt specifically describes this for these situations) > Evan Polster -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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