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From: ivanfern@bulferch.synapse.net (Ivan Fernandez)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: can't login as root after rebuilding kernel
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 00:19:51 LOCAL
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After I rebuilt a kernel (from Walnut Creek CDROM 2.0) and running 'make 
install', I cannot login as root using the new kernel image.  To login as root 
I have to fall back to the generic kernel distribution.  Am I forgetting to do 
something?

Ivan