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Date:      Mon, 1 Jun 1998 14:41:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Maxim V. Razin" <galaxy@razin.zssm.zp.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: root partition not found
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980601144054.15962C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <AAXHfSriP5@razin.zssm.zp.ua>

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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Maxim V. Razin wrote:

> During the first boot after installing of my 2.2.2-RELEASE it
> successfully passes through device tests and stops with the
> smth like "root partition not found". Actually, it tries to
> find root at wd1a although it is at wd2s1.
> 
> How to explain to the kernel where the root partition is placed?

 If you get the message:
panic: Cannot mount root

At the end of the probe sequence you should either:
1. Have the line:
config kernel root on wd2

in your kernel config,
OR:

2. Rename the second disk to wd1 in the kernel config (comment out the 
original wd1 line and change the wd2 line to read wd1, leaving all other 
parameters unchanged).

You may have to move your disk temporarily to boot it.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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