rootvp won't boot

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To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:49:52 -0400

>During the boot process, if I press the spacebar to abort loading of the
>kernel, I can do an ls and see the files on the drive. As soon as the kernel
>tries to mount root , I get this:
>
>Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a
>no such device 'da'
>setrootbyname failed
>ffs_mountroot: can't find rootvp
>Root mount failed: 6
>
>Any ideas?
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