From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Apr 7 13:54: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from Homer.Web-Ex.com (homer.web-ex.com [209.54.66.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49FA014CAA for ; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 13:54:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@web-ex.com) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by Homer.Web-Ex.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA27497; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 15:51:48 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: Homer.Web-Ex.com: jim owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 15:51:48 -0500 (EST) From: Jim Cassata To: Rich Winkel Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.1-RELEASE install: changing root device to both wd2s1a and wd2a In-Reply-To: <199904072012.PAA09860@chumbly.math.missouri.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG IS the root device wd2a? If the box has one IDE hard disk the root device would be wd0a Jim Cassata 516.421.6000 jim@web-ex.com Web Express 20 Broadhollow Road Suite 3011 Melville, NY 11747 On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Rich Winkel wrote: > 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message