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Subject: Re: mouting rootfs fails/devfs_lookup issue
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On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 09:37, waynegong L <waynegong83@gmail.com> wrote:
> I =A0tried to boot the kernel ( N64ABI) on one of my =A0octeon boards, wi=
th
> rootfs on the compact flash.

N64 worlds are not currently supported.  N64 kernels will not be able
to run init.

> The booting came to halt when mouting the rootfs, off the cf and dropped =
to
> mountroot prompt with below error.
> *ROOT MOUNT ERROR:
> If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following fr=
om
> the loader prompt:
> =A0 =A0 set vfs.root.mountfrom.options=3Drw
> *
> After some debugging, I found that devfs_lookup( ) was not able to find t=
he
> entry cf0s1 in the /dev directory
> and so cameout with ENOENT error. Below is my understanding, Please corre=
ct
> me if i am wrong.
> [ ... ]
> -->Flash was partition as below.
> fdisk -vBI /dev/da0
> bsdlabel -w /dev/da0s1
> bsdlabel da0s1
> newfs /dev/da0s1a
>
> Please let me know if i am missing some thing during my configuration.

Your root device is cf0s1a, not cf0s1.