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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: panic:unable to mount root
Date: 29 Jun 1995 10:51:22 +0200
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Patrick Ryan <pryan@warp.atcon.com> wrote:

>Humm, i'm haveing problems trying to mount my wd0e [C] drive msdos, i 
>have tryed everything, and it must be so simple that i'm missing the 
>proper commands can you help.
>
>i tryed, Mount -t msdos /dev/wd0e /mnt
>
>this does not work, , i'm useing 2.05r on a 486 dx2 50, 402 meg hd

Please read the slices.hlp file.  You need to specify your messdos
slice now as something like /dev/wd0s1.
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

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