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From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, William English wrote:

> i need help when i went to install freeBSD it says
> 
> unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rwd0s3a
> 
> what did i do wrong

Hit ALT-F2 and report any error message syou see.

Perhaps you didn't set up the partitions correctly in the disklabel
editor?

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


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