Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 19:00:39 -0500 (EST) From: Steven Myrtle <steven@unix-nut.clark.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 2.0 docs clarification suggestion Message-ID: <199501030000.TAA00273@unix-nut.clark.net>
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I installed FreeBSD 2.0 yesterday to see what it's like. Since I was installing it on a 2nd drive, I read the troubleshooting guide which said I needed to boot using hd(1,a)/kernel. The boot proceeded fine, but the kernel always stopped with a "panic: cannot mount root" message. It took me 2-3 hours to realize I needed to boot with wd(1,a) since I have IDE drives. Maybe that fact is mentioned somewhere else, but I didn't see it. :-) Thought maybe you might want to add a clarification so others won't get stuck with the same problem. - Steven
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