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Date:      Mon, 6 Jul 1998 02:46:00 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        mike@smith.net.au, netchild@wurzelausix.cs.uni-sb.de
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel panic, solved! + question
Message-ID:  <199807051646.CAA06364@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> I've solved my problem, I had
>> config          kernel  swap on generic
>> in my kernel, after changing it to
>> config		kernel root on sd0s2
>> the new kernel bootet without a panic.
>> 
>> Q: Why did my old kernel boot, and the new one didn't?
>
>'on generic' is Evil.

I always use it.  It works fine, but has no effect unless you boot
with -a or the kernel can't find a root device in the normal way
(when it would panic outside of setconf()).  Are you using any
other nonstandard options?

Bruce

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