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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:49:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: JASONNYQ <JASONNYQ@aol.com>
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Subject: Re: problems with installing freebsd
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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, JASONNYQ wrote:

> i went out and purchased freebsd 2.2.5
> and i am having the same problem after the installation it telling me 
> can't find  the kernel.

 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).

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