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Date:      Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:28:55 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com>
Cc:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Not booting after install. 
Message-ID:  <199807010128.SAA09129@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Jun 1998 19:36:40 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980630192918.28856A-100000@vnode> 

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> > You didn't list a specific failure message...
> 
> Well, it didn't give a specific failure...  I guess these messages popped
> up.
> 
>    Boot:
> 	empty partition:
> 	 Can't find kernel.

This sure as hell isn't "can't mount root".

This means that BIOS disk 0x80 is not sd0, ie. your BIOS probes your 
SCSI controllers in a different order to FreeBSD.  This is because 
someone thought it would be better to do their own PCI enumeration 
rather than use the BIOS.  8(

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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