Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:29:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan Janowski <danj@3skel.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: autoconf.c:setroot() makes bad calculation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980527180009.404A-100000@fnur.3skel.com> In-Reply-To: <199805272019.NAA01674@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Bingo! Type was unknown. Although this matters little now, the kernel loader, or the kernel, is ignoring boot.config flags. I have a -v in the file, but it is ignored. Dan On Wed, 27 May 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > This is a re-mailing. I didn't get any answers, if there are > > any. > > > > Any clues? > > > > 2.2.6-RELEASE > > > > autoconf.c:setroot() finds wrong root device in following: > > > > 1. booteasy > > 2. boot device, second scsi drive > > 3. second scsi has no slices (raw disklabel) > > 4. config kernel lists sd1a as root > > 5. no IDE in the kernel > > 6. 2 SCSI cards, ahc1 and bt0 > > > > boot loader finds and pulls in kernel from ufs, kernel > > inits correctly, at the end it says > > "changing root device to wd1s4a" > > This can happen if the disklabel on your disk is wrong; check the > 'type' field, and if it's not SCSI, change it. > > -- > \\ 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 > > > -- danj@3skel.com Dan Janowski Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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