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> error 6: panic: cannot mount root
> 
> If I floppy boot and fsck it, there's no complaints.  I can mount it
> when I'm floppy booted.  What horrible step did I omit when I did this
> installation?

  Most likely /etc/fstab is wrong.  Device names have changed a bit with
CAM, so the root device is probably /dev/da0s1a (or something similar).

Tom


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