From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 25 15:39:11 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03062 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:39:11 -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 PAA03042 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:39:09 -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 SAA10410; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:39:02 -0500 (EST) Received: (from myself@localhost) by dmaddox.conterra.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id SAA01432; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:39:01 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from myself) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:39:01 -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: <19990125183901.A1404@dmaddox.conterra.com> Reply-To: dmaddox@conterra.com References: <19990125181232.A1172@dmaddox.conterra.com> <199901252324.PAA12570@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <199901252324.PAA12570@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 03:24:41PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 03:24:41PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > I'm telling you that this constitutes "having trouble". 8) Ok, I'll accept that :-) > $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. Ok. First, the issue of currency. As I stated earlier, all this discussion is based on a kernel and world built Jan 24: $ ls -l /boot total 159 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 186 Jan 24 16:42 boot.conf -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Jan 24 04:22 boot0 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 512 Jan 24 04:22 boot1 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7680 Jan 24 04:22 boot2 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 159 Nov 26 12:23 kernel.conf -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 126976 Jan 24 04:22 loader -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10653 Jan 24 04:22 loader.help This is what is currently in my boot.conf: $ cat /boot/boot.conf set num_ide_disks=2 set root_disk_unit=1 load kernel load msdos load procfs load if_tun load if_disc load linux load vesa load joy load -t userconfig_script /boot/kernel.conf autoboot 3 With this boot.conf, I don't have to change my fstab. If I remove root_disk_unit, the / mount fails unless I change the device to /dev/wd1a in fstab. > 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