From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 14 20:51:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10510 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:51:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA10504 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:51:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA09479; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:48:30 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803150448.UAA09479@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Cory Kempf cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Today's kernel doesn't work on (my) DK440LX In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:36:36 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:48:27 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi all, > I had a (mostly) working kernel based on 10 March sources. Today, 'round 2 > PM EST, I sup'd again, and built the world. > > I can no longer build a (mostly) working kernel. > > My system seems to be dependent on the line: > > config kernel root on da0 swap on generic The 'generic' keyword causes a search for suitable devices. Because the bootstrap doesn't recognise the 'da' device, it passes 0 in as the boot major. The kernel recently started trusting this value; you will need to extend the bootstrap so that it supplies it correctly. > In my kernel config file. Especially the 'swap on generic' part. If I > take it out, or replace it with anything I have tried so far, my kernel > doesn't work at all. If I attempt to boot, the system attempts to change > root to wd0s2b, and I get a Fatal Trap 12. Doing a trace says that it is > happening in _ffs_mount(). This is probably because the disk type on your disk is incorrect. What does 'disklabel' say about your boot disk? > Unfortunately, today's sources don't seem to allow the 'swap on generic' > anymore. ? The configuration is disallowed, or this doesn't work anymore? > Perhaps I am looking in the wrong places, but I can't seem to find any > documentation as to what "swap on generic" means and what I should replace > it with. It's not normally useful, and shouldn't normally be there. It can help in situation such as yours. -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message