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From: "Da Jester!" <jester@iguana.frenzy.com>
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Subject: New Kernel compiles,installs but will not boot
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I compiled a week old kernel from the stable tree on freebsd.org

The entire kernel compiles fine. When I try to run the
machine with the new kernel, It detects all the devices, but then 
hangs right when the standard 2.1 kernel would go on to mount
the partitions. Is there something similar to the Linux rdev command?

In the config i defined 

   config          kernel  root on sd0 

should that be sd0a instead?

Thanks for your help.

Jess Johnson
jester@iguana.frenzy.com