Ken Hornstein writes:
> 
> >It autoconfigs just fine, but hangs at the
> >"changing root device to sd0a"
> >message.
> >
> >What is the most likely thing that I have done wrong?
> 
> I've seen this happen when all the right devices aren't created on the root
> partition.  Since you say you can boot off of a floppy, do so and check to
> make sure everything in /dev exists.  You might consider running "MAKEDEV all"
> to be sure everything is created.

YES.  This was my problem.  Thanks to all that replied.

Craig

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Craig Chase --- Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
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