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From: "Jeremy M. harris" <jeremy@cannet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: PANIC  Can not mount root
Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 12:32:20 -0400
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God have mercy on the newbie.

I have just installed Free BSD V2.2.1. I am running Win95 on my primary
drive. When I boot to the secondary drive with bootmgr BSD runs through
the devices then I get a Panic error  "Can not mount root". What am I
doing wrong?