Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:49:51 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, ulf@Alameda.net Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: possible problem with new boot loader ? Message-ID: <19990117134951.H28911@TelcoSucks.org> In-Reply-To: <199901172136.NAA08876@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 01:36:12PM -0800 References: <19990117133534.F28911@TelcoSucks.org> <199901172136.NAA08876@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 01:36:12PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > There are two issues here: > > > > > > o The bootblocks get the SCSI unit number wrong in cases where > > > IDE drives are also attached. > > > > > > This is to be expected. There is just insufficient space > > > available to the bootblocks for "smarter" logic. > > > > > > The old bootblocks have a build setting BOOT_HD_BIAS to work > > > around this problem. The new bootblocks rely on /boot.config. > > > You can have > > > > > > 2:da(0,a) > > > > If I do that, it does find the loader, but the kernel panics, because > > it thinks root should be on da2s1a. > > You need 'set num_ide_disks=2' > > The variable's somewhat misnamed, and I'm still groping for an > algorithm that'll get it more or less right without screwing the pooch > should we ever improve the root mount detection in the kernel. Set that where? At the disk1s1a:> prompt ? Still can't find kernel. > -- > \\ 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 > -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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