From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 24 13:30:16 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA21745 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:30:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles340.castles.com [208.214.167.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21734 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:30:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05167; Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:26:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901242126.NAA05167@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: freebsd@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance) cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: RELENG_3 boot panic In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:24:44 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:26:26 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Today's fix for the root device problem while booting has > blown me out of the water. > > I have an EDI disk and a scsi disk on my 3,0-stable system. > When I attempt to boot, I get: > changing root device to da1s2a > changing root device to da1a > > Then the system panics. > My root partition is da0s2a. > > I would appreciate an idea or two as to how I could get this system to boot > so that I can apply the eventual fix. I am in much worse shape than I was. Set root_disk_unit to 0, as documented in the commit messagages as well as elsewhere. You may previously have had to set 'num_ide_disks' to 1, which would also have worked. Please pay attention. 8) -- \\ 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-hackers" in the body of the message