Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:26:26 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: freebsd@tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: RELENG_3 boot panic Message-ID: <199901242126.NAA05167@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 24 Jan 1999 16:24:44 EST." <m104X1Q-000I5qC@TomQNX.tomqnx.com>
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> Today's fix for the root device problem while booting has > blown me out of the water. > > I have an EDI disk and a scsi disk on my 3,0-stable system. > When I attempt to boot, I get: > changing root device to da1s2a > changing root device to da1a > > Then the system panics. > My root partition is da0s2a. > > I would appreciate an idea or two as to how I could get this system to boot > so that I can apply the eventual fix. I am in much worse shape than I was. Set root_disk_unit to 0, as documented in the commit messagages as well as elsewhere. You may previously have had to set 'num_ide_disks' to 1, which would also have worked. Please pay attention. 8) -- \\ 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-hackers" in the body of the message
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