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Date:      Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:42:04 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        S ren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
Cc:        sobomax@altavista.net, sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn), current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NewATA on ISA and PCI 
Message-ID:  <199911191842.KAA00694@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Nov 1999 12:40:05 %2B0100." <199911191140.MAA01765@freebsd.dk> 

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> > > > 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are out of date and must update before we can help you.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.

-- =

\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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