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From: "Andre Sjouerman" <face@clevercasting.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Problems mounting root
Date: 27 Mar 1997 14:49:16 GMT
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Simple question, possibly simple answer...

I am trying to compile a new kernel. As I boot from a SCSI drive (the
only one in the machine) I have to change 

config          kernel  root on wd0
to
config          kernel  root on sd0

.. I thought ... but with this setting, it can't mount root, and the
machine stops. I've got two partitions, one small dos, the other
freebsd. The bsd one is split into 3 parts, / usr and swap:

  a:    65536        0    4.2BSD        0     0     0   # (Cyl.    0 -
4*)
  b:   287680    65536      swap                        # (Cyl.    4*-
21*)
  c:  4176900        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 -
259)
  e:  3823684   353216    4.2BSD        0     0     0   # (Cyl.   21*-
259*)

config          kernel  root on sd0a

doesn't work either.

config          kernel  root on sd0s2

doesn't work either.

As the machine is at a remote location, I cannot 'just test it'.

Who can tell me how to 'just do it' ?

Thanks,

Taco Scargo

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