Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:12:32 -0500 From: "Donald J . Maddox" <dmaddox@conterra.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: dmaddox@conterra.com, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Tom Torrance <freebsd@tomqnx.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RELENG_3 boot panic Message-ID: <19990125181232.A1172@dmaddox.conterra.com> In-Reply-To: <199901252256.OAA12399@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 02:56:10PM -0800 References: <19990125175653.C934@dmaddox.conterra.com> <199901252256.OAA12399@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 02:56:10PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > Hmmm... I had the same problem as Tom yesterday, and I never used > > > num_ide_disks before. Now it doesn't work _unless_ I use num_ide_disks. > > > > Sorry to reply to my own message, but I just realized that I added > > root_disk_unit at the same time I added num_ide_disks, and _that_ > > is the one that is required now. Before num_ide_disks was 'deprecated', > > I needed neither of these. > > You either haven't rebuilt your loader, or you should be supplying us > with more information. > > Please ensure your sources are up to date, rebuild the loader, and if > you're still having trouble, consider offering us a little relevant > detai. This was after building a new kernel, followed by a full 'make world'. Actually, I am not 'having trouble'... I just find that after my 'make world' of 24 Jan, root_disk_unit is REQUIRED, or the boot will fail when trying to mount my / partition. Before, it worked just fine with no hints at all. The root partition is on the second IDE disk in a system with 2 IDE disks and 1 SCSI disk. I have found also that the / partition is mounted sucessfully if I specify it as /dev/wd1a instead of /dev/wd1s1a, even in the absence of root_disk_unit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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