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Date:      Fri, 22 May 1998 05:14:32 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Weird disk problems, need help. 
Message-ID:  <199805221214.FAA09060@antipodes.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 May 1998 10:52:21 %2B0200." <Pine.NEB.3.95.980522105023.8937B-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> 

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> On Fri, 22 May 1998, Wes Peters wrote:
> 
> > Mike Smith wrote:
> > > 
> > > > /dev/sd0s1a on /: specified device does not match mounted device
> > > > Filesystem mount failed, startup aborted.
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > 
> > Nope.  Originally it was "on sd0", and when the GENERIC kernel would
> 
> Heh! Exactly the same problem. And here's workaround: change /dev/sd0s1a
> to /dev/sd0a. I know this is exactly backwards to what was recommended
> some time ago, that's why I say it's a workaround...

This is only correct if /dev/sd0a was correct in the first place.  But 
as Wes has pointed out, /dev/sd0s1a works on the post-fixup kernel.  
The circumstantial change is *subsequent* to that.

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