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Date:      Mon, 22 Sep 1997 21:54:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        jfielden@geocities.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel config problems...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970922215404.6177R-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3425A9B1.1FD7432B@houseofduck.ml.org>

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On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Joshua Fielden wrote:

> ...I'm sure I saw this a while ago, but when I searched the archives, I
> came up zilch...
> I configured a kernel, with the following option:
> 
> config          kernel  root on wd0
> 
> I have two EIDE hard drives on two seperate busses, on a BSD-only setup,
> and when I compile the kernel and install <no errors> I get the
> following error:
> 
> Panic: Nobody wants to mount my root for me.
> Press any key on the console to reboot

That's new, it usually just says

panic: can't mount root

> After the device probe. 
> 
> Now I know I'm missing something basic, but I can't think what it is,
> and have been staring at my monitor for too many hours, anyone got a
> solution? 


What disk are you booting from?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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