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Date:      Sat, 20 Nov 1999 10:27:05 +0200
From:      Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@altavista.net>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        S ren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NewATA on ISA and PCI
Message-ID:  <38365B59.3D5B2725@altavista.net>
References:  <199911191842.KAA00694@dingo.cdrom.com>

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Mike Smith wrote:

> > > > > Does anybody can explain why kernel with NewATA driver booted on machine
> > > > > with ISA based IDE adapter trying to mount wd* as root f/s, while
> > > > > exactly *the same* kernel booted on PCI based mobo mounts ad* as root?
> > > >
> > > > /etc/fstab ?
> > >
> > > No, I do not talking about /etc/fstab, I'm talking about what device kernel is
> > > using to mount root *before* starting /sbin/init (e.g. "changing root device to
> > > ..." in dmesg).
> >
> > Hmm, the bootblock or the loader might be responsible....
>
> This is -current.  If the message is "changing root device to..." you
> are out of date and must update before we can help you.
>
> The root mount code has changed quite a lot just recently, and
> debugging the 'old' code isn't practical anymore.

You are not right - I'm usually rebuilding kernel in one-three days, and world in a
week. My current kernel built from sources sup'ed (cvsup.freebsd.org) yesterday.

-Maxim



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