From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 25 15:12:39 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29330 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:12:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hawaii.conterra.com (hawaii.conterra.com [209.12.164.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29308 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:12:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myself@conterra.com) Received: from dmaddox.conterra.com (dmaddox.conterra.com [209.12.169.48]) by hawaii.conterra.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA09650; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:12:33 -0500 (EST) Received: (from myself@localhost) by dmaddox.conterra.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id SAA01223; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:12:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from myself) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:12:32 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" To: Mike Smith Cc: dmaddox@conterra.com, "Daniel C. Sobral" , Tom Torrance , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELENG_3 boot panic Message-ID: <19990125181232.A1172@dmaddox.conterra.com> Reply-To: dmaddox@conterra.com References: <19990125175653.C934@dmaddox.conterra.com> <199901252256.OAA12399@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199901252256.OAA12399@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 02:56:10PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 02:56:10PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > Hmmm... I had the same problem as Tom yesterday, and I never used > > > num_ide_disks before. Now it doesn't work _unless_ I use num_ide_disks. > > > > Sorry to reply to my own message, but I just realized that I added > > root_disk_unit at the same time I added num_ide_disks, and _that_ > > is the one that is required now. Before num_ide_disks was 'deprecated', > > I needed neither of these. > > You either haven't rebuilt your loader, or you should be supplying us > with more information. > > Please ensure your sources are up to date, rebuild the loader, and if > you're still having trouble, consider offering us a little relevant > detai. This was after building a new kernel, followed by a full 'make world'. Actually, I am not 'having trouble'... I just find that after my 'make world' of 24 Jan, root_disk_unit is REQUIRED, or the boot will fail when trying to mount my / partition. Before, it worked just fine with no hints at all. The root partition is on the second IDE disk in a system with 2 IDE disks and 1 SCSI disk. I have found also that the / partition is mounted sucessfully if I specify it as /dev/wd1a instead of /dev/wd1s1a, even in the absence of root_disk_unit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message