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From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (steve)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: panic:unable to mount root
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 18:49:45 -0800
Organization: University of Washington
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In article <3sf2tc$403@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, halfstone@aol.com
(Halfstone) wrote:

> I just spent a few hours installing and then re-installing freebsd 2.0 on
> my system. When I finish partitioning the drive, editing and assigning the
> partitions, writing and rebooting, I get a series of messages like "unable
> to find device", then at the end of the scroll a message that says
> "resizing d partition" and then "panic - unable to mount root".  Then the
> system reboots.  I am a novice at this, but I read and reread the readme
> files, the troubleshooting file, the release notes and every other doc ...
> any suggestions? Thanks

We need a hardware list to start to understand the problem.

Also, if you have network access, I strongly urge that you look at the
2.0.5-RELEASE
version.