Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 22:27:05 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Latest -current kernel panics on boot Message-ID: <199803090627.WAA13511@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 1998 16:39:16 %2B1030." <19980309163916.42581@freebie.lemis.com>
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> On Sun, 8 March 1998 at 21:41:57 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > >> 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 *mumble* Where does the trace go back through? Is it still in configure()? > >> 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. Before or after the message? The message won't get emitted until setroot() is called. (This part of the system is a pile of rubble.) What is the root device that it's nominating? -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message
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