Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:39:16 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Latest -current kernel panics on boot Message-ID: <19980309163916.42581@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199803090541.VAA13322@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Mar 08, 1998 at 09:41:57PM -0800 References: <19980309160316.00609@freebie.lemis.com> <199803090541.VAA13322@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, 8 March 1998 at 21:41:57 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> I've just (finally been able to) build and boot a new kernel, but I >> don't get as far as mounting the root file system. I get a fatal page >> fault in ufs_ihashget when the swapper tries to mount /dev/wds02a >> (yup, that's right, and I don't know where it gets it from). It's >> before the swap partition gets mounted, so I don't have a dump. I >> wrote down a trace, but I'm assuming that we don't need that level of >> detail, so I won't type it in unless somebody wants it. > > What does the 'config' line in your kernel look like? It's possible > that some of the static configuration code can't deal with the slice > number in the minor. Yes, I thought of that too. Nothing spectacular: config kernel root on wd0 >> Since Mike Smith sent some information about changing /etc/fstab round >> this morning, I changed my fstab entry from > > Have you rebuilt/reinstalled /sbin/mount? Yup. Complete make world cvsupped this morning (Monday). >> This doesn't seem to be problem, though: it doesn't work either way. >> The old kernel only works with wd0a, and the new kernel doesn't work >> with either fstab entry. > > You should receive a "changing root device to ..." message after your > device probes with the new kernel. That's where it dies. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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