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Date:      Fri, 22 May 1998 14:07:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Weird disk problems, need help.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980522140716.24421L-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <199805221856.LAA27748@usr02.primenet.com>

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the mount(1) in 2.2.6 and 3.0 copes with this.
(special hack)

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > > /dev/sd0s1a on /: specified device does not match mounted device
> > > > Filesystem mount failed, startup aborted.
> > > 
> > > A change went in that required the slice designator in the fstab,
> > > and there was a corresponding change (can't rememebr when) to the
> > > MAKEDEV.
> > 
> > Nah, that was before the 2.2.6 release -- this system was upgraded
> > the day I got the CD-ROM subscription.  This just started Tuesday
> > night, and the system still boots with kernel.GENERIC.  I've checked
> > my config and the only differences between it and GENERIC are devices
> > that I don't have.  I'm stumped.
> 
> It's comparing the root device with the slice device, which isn't there.
> 
> I'll try to dig out the description of what to do from the -current
> archives (from back when that was -current).
> 
> It may want you to rewrite your boot blocks.  8-(.
> 
> 
> 					Terry Lambert
> 					terry@lambert.org
> ---
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