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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Error on Boot : "Error: C:0 H:0 S:0"
Date: 3 Oct 1996 14:56:36 GMT
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In article <52oj41$3jg@thunder.mgl.ca>,
	matt@bdd.net (Matthew Stein) writes:
> When booting off of /dev/wd1, the boot process stops right after the first
> prompt, and scrolls this error repeatedly up the screen.  If I enter
> "wd(1,a)kernel" at the first prompt, the machine boots perfectly.

By default, the machine will boot from the first FreeBSD physical partition
(slice).  If your root partition is on the second disk, you'll have to
either keep typing wd(1,a) or change your boot blocks' default.

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....