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Date:      Thu, 19 Aug 1999 18:36:55 -0400
From:      "Mark S. Reichman" <reichman@twcny.rr.com>
To:        Jesper Blomstrom <jeppe@partitur.se>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Big problem for me, not for you?
Message-ID:  <37BC8707.C925F32D@twcny.rr.com>
References:  <37BBB42E.12ACDE2D@partitur.se>

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Is your swap partition on wd1 or wd0..
See below..

Jesper Blomstrom wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed FreeBSD on a separate harddisk, and my other disk
> contains Windows.
> TheWindows-disk is set to primary master and the FreeBSD-disk is set to
> primary slave.
> I have also installed a bootMGR.
> If I want to run Windows everything is o.k, and Windows starts without
> problem. But I do not want
> to run Windows ;) and when I choose FreeBSD it seems to boot normal but
> then it fails with the error:
> Panic:cant mount root
> I understand that this error comes from confusion between the boot
> blockīs and the kernelīs understanding of the disk devices. I have
> therefore
> tried to stop the OS from booting and at the boot-prompt I have tried to
> start the system with the following combinations:
> 
> 1:wd(1,a)kernel = This one I think is the correct way to boot, but it
> fails with the messages:
> 
> Changing root device to wd1s1a

It seems to have found your root partition OK.. No errors..

> Swapon: /dev/wd0s1: Invalid argument
> Automatic reeboot in progress
> Canīt open /dev/wd0s1a: Invalid argument

Isnt your swap partition on wd1 not wd0...


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