Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:26:39 -0500 (EST) From: David Faciane <dave@nws.fsu.edu> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG, Richard Solly <rsss@melbpc.org.au> Subject: Re: Panic: Changing default root with the elf loader/kernel Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990105202344.25274A-100000@kate.nws.fsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <369166ce.6856128@smtp.melbpc.org.au>
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On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Richard Solly wrote: > Following the helpful discussions recently, I converted my > recent 3.0 kernel which I thought was elf (but in fact was > aout) to genuine elf. Installed the boot loader OK as per > Robert Nordier's helpful instructions and booted the > kernel. > > Now one big problem, the boot disk is in fact the 2nd scsi > disk (da1) (as well as an IDE disk). It boots OK from what > in fact is the 3rd disk, but root always defaults back to > the first scsi (da0) and of course the kernel panics when it > can't find root. > > The perturbation which resulted in a default root change > with the aout loader/kernel, 2:da(1,a)kernel, is rejected > by the new loader. > [snippage] You need to set num_ide_disks. Here is my /boot/boot.conf (for booting FreeBSD off the 2nd disk (which is the 1st SCSI disk, da0). set num_ide_disks=1 autoboot 3 set no_autoboot=1 That will also handle your requirement for autoboot. HTH David Faciane |web: http://www.nws.fsu.edu/ NOAA National Weather Service |Real-Time Worldwide Marine Weather Reports Tallahassee, FL | http://www.nws.fsu.edu/buoy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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