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Date:      Thu, 21 May 1998 16:42:16 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Weird disk problems, need help. 
Message-ID:  <199805212342.QAA05515@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 21 May 1998 09:46:27 MDT." <35644C53.8AE81EF2@softweyr.com> 

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> Tuesday night I installed the newest TTCP patch and built a new kernel.
> Something must have happened to my disk before I rebooted with this
> kernel; when the system came back up a number of files had been changed
> to random device inodes and none of the 3 slices would fsck cleanly.
> Since then, whenever I try to boot a new kernel, I get the following
> messages:
> 
> /dev/sd0s1a on /: specified device does not match mounted device
> Filesystem mount failed, startup aborted.
> 
> Then I end up in single-user mode.  The part that is really confusing
> is that I can boot the 2.2.6 kernel.GENERIC with no problem; I using
> it right now.
> 
> I re-installed the ssys package from the 2.2.6 CD-ROM and recompiled my 
> kernel just to be sure I hadn't corrupted a source file, and I've
> searched the entire system for wayward device files, to no avail.  The
> boot still fails in the same manner.
> 
> WTF?  Any help, or should I just clean the system and start over?

Check you don't have "on generic" on the 'kernel' line in your config.

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