Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 05:05:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Jesse <j@lumiere.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Subject: Followup on changing root device to st0s1a Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980611050042.19264A-100000@leaf.lumiere.net>
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Previously my system with a DPT SCSI/RAID card and drives wouldn't boot, giving the following error: changing root device to st0s1a panic: cannot mount root I noticed that although the dpt0 device was recognized and loaded, there attached hard drives weren't recognized (this is when booting off the HD -- when booting off the install floppy, it worked). So I compiled a kernel with a DPT driver from another of my systems, then using the fixit mode, copied that kernel onto the system. I then rebooted and started up using that kernel. All is good now. I guess the moral of the story is that the boot-dpt.flp install doesn't put all the drivers/settings necessary to handle a DPT card + drives (in all situations? maybe just some), so you have to make your own. BTW, my drives were just regular Quantum drives. Now to get the system up to par... --- Jesse <j@lumiere.net> http://www.lumiere.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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