Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 13:19:59 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Dan Janowski <danj@3skel.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: autoconf.c:setroot() makes bad calculation Message-ID: <199805272019.NAA01674@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 May 1998 14:17:22 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980527141625.5306B-100000@fnur.3skel.com>
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> > This is a re-mailing. I didn't get any answers, if there are > any. > > Any clues? > > 2.2.6-RELEASE > > autoconf.c:setroot() finds wrong root device in following: > > 1. booteasy > 2. boot device, second scsi drive > 3. second scsi has no slices (raw disklabel) > 4. config kernel lists sd1a as root > 5. no IDE in the kernel > 6. 2 SCSI cards, ahc1 and bt0 > > boot loader finds and pulls in kernel from ufs, kernel > inits correctly, at the end it says > "changing root device to wd1s4a" This can happen if the disklabel on your disk is wrong; check the 'type' field, and if it's not SCSI, change it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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