From owner-freebsd-current Sun Jan 17 13:49:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA04204 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:49:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from PacHell.TelcoSucks.org (PacHell.TelcoSucks.org [207.90.181.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04199 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:49:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf@PacHell.TelcoSucks.org) Received: (from ulf@localhost) by PacHell.TelcoSucks.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA25169; Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:49:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ulf) Message-ID: <19990117134951.H28911@TelcoSucks.org> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:49:51 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann To: Mike Smith , ulf@Alameda.net Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: possible problem with new boot loader ? Reply-To: ulf@Alameda.net References: <19990117133534.F28911@TelcoSucks.org> <199901172136.NAA08876@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199901172136.NAA08876@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 01:36:12PM -0800 Organization: Alameda Networks, Inc. X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-19980930-BETA Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 01:36:12PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > There are two issues here: > > > > > > o The bootblocks get the SCSI unit number wrong in cases where > > > IDE drives are also attached. > > > > > > This is to be expected. There is just insufficient space > > > available to the bootblocks for "smarter" logic. > > > > > > The old bootblocks have a build setting BOOT_HD_BIAS to work > > > around this problem. The new bootblocks rely on /boot.config. > > > You can have > > > > > > 2:da(0,a) > > > > If I do that, it does find the loader, but the kernel panics, because > > it thinks root should be on da2s1a. > > You need 'set num_ide_disks=2' > > The variable's somewhat misnamed, and I'm still groping for an > algorithm that'll get it more or less right without screwing the pooch > should we ever improve the root mount detection in the kernel. Set that where? At the disk1s1a:> prompt ? Still can't find kernel. > -- > \\ 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 > -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message