From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 25 15:28:37 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01519 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:28:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles253.castles.com [208.214.165.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01511 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:28:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA12570; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:24:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901252324.PAA12570@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: dmaddox@conterra.com cc: Mike Smith , "Daniel C. Sobral" , Tom Torrance , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELENG_3 boot panic In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:12:32 EST." <19990125181232.A1172@dmaddox.conterra.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:24:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith 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. I'm telling you that this constitutes "having trouble". 8) $root_disk_unit should only be required if you have a discontinuity in the chain of devices from bios disk 0x80 to your root device. It would help *immensely* if you were a little forthcoming with eg. what it is that you have to set $root_disk_unit to. Also, as I've tried to make clear here, changing the /etc/fstab entry for / is *WRONG* and if you find yourself having to do this it's because something is screwed elsewhere. Again, please *ensure* that your loader is fully up to date. So far everyone that's reported problems has been using an out-of-date loader. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message