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From: Rich Winkel <rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu>
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Subject: Re: 3.1-RELEASE install: changing root device to both wd2s1a and wd2a
To: rich@chumbly.math.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 15:23:34 -0500 (CDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199904072012.PAA09860@chumbly.math.missouri.edu> from "Rich Winkel" at Apr 7, 99 03:12:20 pm
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I should mention he has a somewhat unusual disk configuration.
The freebsd disk is the IDE master on the second controller,
and there's only 1 disk on the first controller.  Might this be a
problem?

According to Rich Winkel:
> 
> I'm trying to talk a friend through the CD install on the phone.  The
> install appears to go fine, but when he reboots, it says:
> changing root device to wd2s1a
> AND
> changing root device to wd2a
> before panicing with "can't mount /"
> Has anyone seen this before?
> 
> Thanks for any help!!
> Rich


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