Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:18:41 -0800 (PST) From: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net> To: "Robin P. Blanchard" <Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: hacking installation... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103231215570.62665-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com> In-Reply-To: <3ABB89BF.F75D3775@gactr.uga.edu>
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You actually need MD_ROOT, not MFS_ROOT. -gordon On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Robin P. Blanchard wrote: > Here's the snippet from my kernel config: > > options INET #InterNETworking > options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem > options SOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support > options MFS #Memory Filesystem > options MFS_ROOT > options MSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem > options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem > options PROCFS #Process filesystem > options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] > options SCSI_DELAY=5000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI > options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support > options UCONSOLE #Allow users to grab the console > options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor > options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor > options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory > options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues > options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores > options P1003_1B #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions > options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING > options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev > > > However, using this kernel, the installer fails to load claiming I have > no kernel support for mfs as a root device. What am I doing wrong? > > Or, is there an easier way for me to install this 486 that doesn't require > me going about the hacked install method (the problem is that the aic driver > expects/detects the chip to be at IRQ 12 but it is at 11). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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