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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!ieunet!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: trouble booting 2.1.0 Date: 26 Nov 1995 12:27:17 -0000 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <499mf5$51f@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> References: <oviocyun3.fsf@vapor.Franz.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: hamilton.maths.tcd.ie layer@Franz.COM (Kevin Layer) writes: >and it did seem to start booting from sd1, but after the >initialization of devices I got an error about not being able to mount >root on (from?) sd0. >What magic do I need to boot 2.1.0 from sd1? I guess that it will go into single user mode after is can't mount /, and if I remember when this happened to me / is actually mounted, but from a device just used for booting. I'd suggest 2 things, first look in /etc/fstab and make sure it lists the correct devices. To change it you'll have to mount / frow its real device, but you should be able to find that by hand. ( You probably want mount /dev/sd0a / ). Second, in the kernel config there is a option about where the root, swap and usr partitons are. I think you can get away without changing these - but I guess you should know about them. David.