Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:27:24 +0900 From: Makoto MATSUSHITA <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> To: current@freeBSD.org Subject: Failed using CD-ROM as root filesystem Message-ID: <20010416132724H.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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I've tried to use (bootable) CD-ROM as root filesystem (I want have this because it's good alternative of fixit.flp), but it seems that GENERIC kernel doesn't understand where is root filesystem. What I did are: - make a 2.88MB boot floppy image, which contains: * GENERIC kernel (gzipped) * loader(8) * configulation files for loader: device hints & 'set boot_cdrom' - make an ISO image with, which contains: * floppy image (mentioned above) for boot * extracted distributions - Burn an ISO image to a CD - Boot... * loader(8) works well; initializing is OK, and kicks kernel.gz * kernel works well until all devices are attached * kernel stops when mounting root filesystem, dmesg says: .... acd0: CDROM <....> at ata0-slave PIO4 Mounting root from cd9660:cd0a setrootbyname failed iso_mountroot: can't find rootvp Root mount failed: 6 Mounting root from cd9660:acd0a setrootbyname failed iso_mountroot: can't find rootvp Root mount failed: 6 Mounting root from cd9660:wcd0a setrootbyname failed iso_mountroot: can't find rootvp Root mount failed: 6 Manual root filesystem specification: <fstype>:<device> Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype> eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a ? List valid disk boot devices <empty line> Abort manual imput mountroot> It seems that something goes wrong in setrootbyname(). Any clues? P.S.: I've also tried with 4-stable kernel, and it goes pretty well. -- - Makoto `MAR' MATSUSHITA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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