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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!uunet!news.u.washington.edu!mac-jeff.apl.washington.edu!user 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 Lines: 17 Message-ID: <kargl-2306951849450001@mac-jeff.apl.washington.edu> References: <3sf2tc$403@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mac-jeff.apl.washington.edu 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.