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Date:      Fri, 12 Apr 1996 09:51:16 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Cc:        surfmwb@nhr.com (Mark Bernard)
Subject:   Re: unable to mount /
Message-ID:  <199604120751.JAA09481@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199604120020.UAA16535@geneva.visi.net> from "Mark Bernard" at Apr 11, 96 08:20:52 pm

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As Mark Bernard wrote:

> business..instead the kernel runs properly until it reaches mounting the /.
> It reports the / was unmounted improperly and locks up.
> 
> What can be done without a reload, if anything?  An what can I do to make
> the reload easier of Release 2.1?  I've never done a complete load before.

Your root file system seems to be hosed.

Get the a copy of the fixit floppy (floppies/fixit.flp from the CDROM,
use rawrite.exe as usual), boot the installation floppy, select
F)ixit, and enter the fixit floppy.  Try to fsck your /dev/rsd0a, or
/dev/rwd0a (whatever holds your root f/s).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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