From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 20 13:48:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12707 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:48:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12589 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:47:46 GMT (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA08044; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:38:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd008041; Mon Apr 20 20:38:27 1998 Message-ID: <353BB104.62319AC4@whistle.com> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 13:33:08 -0700 From: Julian Elischer Organization: Whistle Communications X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Damien DIXSAUT CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New kernel can't mount root ? References: <199804202006.WAA00419@cristal.cristal.asso.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Damien DIXSAUT wrote: > > Hello all, and thanks in advance for any help. > > For some reason (see my other message on this list :-) ) I would like > to upgrade my kernel to 2.2.6. I am currently running 2.2.2. > > I downloaded the 2.2.6 source code, it compild OK. I used the same config > file as for my 2.2.2 kernel. > > When I boot, the system can't mount the root directory ! I get the > message : > > /dev/sd0a on / : specified device does no match mounted device. this is a FAQ replace wd0a in /etc/fstab with sd0s1a (or sd0s2a if you have a dos part) and make sure you have teh entry in /dev/for it.. > > Then the system falls back in single-user mode. > > Can't I use a kernel of a different version from the rest of the system ? > > --- > Damien DIXSAUT > Computer science student > Paris, France > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message