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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!mcsun!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: panic: can't mount root again!!! Date: 29 Aug 1996 14:44:14 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5046re$9v@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <3223BD46.3E17@sprynet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dave Blizzard (dblizzar@sprynet.com) wrote: [.....] : Using the fixit floppy I can mount sd0 (on /mnt) and see all the files : in / (the original / on sd0) but I can't make fsck work. After the last : time this happened I have even saved a copy of a valid fstab on the : fixit floppy but when I run fsck it says that /dev/rsd0a is invalid and : then says it can't cat the other files mentioned in the fstab. : This problem is a real problem for me as this OS seems to be so unstable : that I cannot trust it for real work. The only thing that has happened : (I think) is that I accidentally booted from a floppy instead of : entering boot: sd(1,a)/kernel. [.....] What's your setup ? You say that you can see all your files on sd0, but also say that you boot using sd1... ??!?!! What hardware have you got - SCSI controllers, disks etc. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....