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Date:      Wed, 09 Apr 1997 16:58:05 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 2.2.1 Install problem (trying to boot sd1 instead of sd0?!?)
Message-ID:  <3.0.1.32.19970409165805.00bca8d0@sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970409111013.4172B-100000@localhost>
References:  <3.0.1.32.19970409100347.00a90760@sentex.net>

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At 11:11 AM 4/09/97 -0700, Doug White wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Mike Tancsa wrote:
>
>> Basically, I installed 2.2.1 on a 486-DX100 on sd0, but when I boot I get
>> the message "kernel panic... can not mount root on sd1"... Why would it
>> look to sd1 for the root partition instead of sd0 ?
>
>You will get this if the IDE controller is enabled.  Try disabling it.
>
>Also try rebuilding your kernel and modifying the 'kernel' line in the
>config to point to sd0.  
>
>You can get started by typing
>
>sd(0,a)/kernel


Super, thanks for the tips... 

In the end, I got it to work by disabling the IDE drive in the BIOS. Then I
was able to boot up with out too many problems....


	---Mike
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