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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Boot Problem
Date: 7 Mar 1997 16:10:00 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <331F6E15.6AF3@uclink4.berkeley.edu>,
Hugh T Ha <hughth@uclink4.berkeley.edu> writes:
> I noticed that BSD says I have 3000 or so cylinders and 16 heads when my
> BIOS is set to 524 and 64. I'm guessing this is why my installation
> didn't work. I get this error when I boot:
>
> changing rot device to wd1a
> panic cannot mount root
>
> Anyone know what's wrong and how to solve this problem?
You should probably have specified what the BIOS thinks at install time
- in the disk partitioning screen.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !