Subject: Re: panic: cannot mount root
To: None <jeremy@broder.com>
From: P Kern <pkern@utcc.utoronto.ca>
List: port-sun3
Date: 06/15/1996 03:08:42
> From:	Jeremy Cooper <jeremy@broder.com>
> On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, P Kern wrote:
> > Hello.  What am I missing?
> > I'm trying to get 1.1 running on a 3/280 but not having much luck.
> > [ ... ]
> > 	panic: cannot mount root
> > Where'd I go wrong?  Should I try something else?
> 
> You may need to write a disk label using the SunOS 'format' command.  
> NetBSD uses SunOS style partition information stored in the 0th sector of 
> the drive.  It may be that the kernel cannot find a valid label for the 
> 'a' partition.

Thanks for the info but no dice.
After re-labeling the disk I'm still getting the same panic.
The panic occurs when trying to boot from netbsd on sd0a
and also when trying to boot the miniroot from sd0b.  Sigh.