On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 23:28:23 +0100, Hernani Marques Madeira wrote:

> boot device: wd0
> root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
> root file system type: msdos
> [/snip]
> 
> Shouldn't the file system type be ffs?

What does disklabel say about the CF, wd0a in particular?

You can tick the "ask for file name to boot from" checkbox in hpcboot
and the kernel will ask you to for the root partition (if it turns out
that it's not wd0a, which is my first guess).

SY, Uwe
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