Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 19:34:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Latest -current kernel panics on boot Message-ID: <19980309193440.42123@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199803090627.WAA13511@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Mar 08, 1998 at 10:27:05PM -0800 References: <19980309163916.42581@freebie.lemis.com> <199803090627.WAA13511@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 8 March 1998 at 22:27:05 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> On Sun, 8 March 1998 at 21:41:57 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >>>> before the swap partition gets mounted, so I don't have a dump. I >>>> wrote down a trace, but I'm assuming that we don't need that level of >>>> detail, so I won't type it in unless somebody wants it. >>> >>> What does the 'config' line in your kernel look like? It's possible >>> that some of the static configuration code can't deal with the slice >>> number in the minor. >> >> Yes, I thought of that too. Nothing spectacular: >> >> config kernel root on wd0 > > *mumble* Where does the trace go back through? Is it still in > configure()? No, the kernel is running. It's process 0 (swapper). ffs_vget+0x27 ufs_root+0x1c xxx_vfs_root_fdtab+0x1f (yup, that's the name) main+0x9a begin+0x4a >>>> This doesn't seem to be problem, though: it doesn't work either way. >>>> The old kernel only works with wd0a, and the new kernel doesn't work >>>> with either fstab entry. >>> >>> You should receive a "changing root device to ..." message after your >>> device probes with the new kernel. >> >> That's where it dies. > > Before or after the message? The message won't get emitted until > setroot() is called. (This part of the system is a pile of rubble.) Damn. I'm pretty sure one message appeared. I'm no longer so sure that it's the one you're looking for. When I rebooted with the old kernel, ISTR that it was different. > What is the root device that it's nominating? As I said, /dev/wd0s2a. My notes say "changing to /dev/wd0s2a", but those were things which made sense to me at the time. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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