Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 22:48:12 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing boot? Message-ID: <199812060648.WAA02601@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 05 Dec 1998 20:53:13 %2B0100." <199812051953.UAA22770@yedi.iaf.nl>
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> As Mike Smith wrote... > > > > Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: > > > > > > > > load: can't find '/mfsroot' > > > > > > > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > > > > > > Hmmmm. OK, over to Mike at this point - I thought it was supposed > > > to find /mfsroot.gz automagically but evidently that's now broken. > > > Sure would be nice if we could just work out whether it's going to > > > be "magic" or not and just stick to it. :) > > > > Make sure that you're using an up-to-date /boot/loader, and then try > > 'ls' on the floppy in question please. > > Hi Mike, > > /boot/loader is approx 2 days old, built from -current. Is that new enough? Yes. > I get: > > FreeBSD/alpha SRM disk boot, Revision > (jkh@beast.cdrom.com, Wed Nov 25 16:13:25 GMT 1998) > Memory: 32768 k > /kernel data=0x1e3f40+0x26918 syms=[0x8+0x3f210+0x8+0x25192] > Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: > > load: can't find '/mfsroot' > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > Booting [kernel] in 8 seconds... > > Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help. > disk0a:> ls > ls: open '/' failed: no such file or directory Ok, this problem. > disk0a:> > > /mfsroot.gz is on the floppy, on an UFS filesystem written by FreeBSD/x86: Yes; there's some problem with floppy filesystems that I haven't been able to work out yet. Make a second copy of the kern.flp, delete the files off it and put the mfsroot.gz file on there instead. For some reason that seems to work OK. > Stupid question: can FreeBSD/axp read FreeBSD/x86 UFS filesystems at all? > UFS was not designed for portability in this respect if I'm not mistaken. It *should* be able to, but no guarantees. -- \\ 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-alpha" in the body of the message
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