Subject: Re: Odd dmesg log messages
To: Takahiro Kambe <taca@back-street.net>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: current-users
Date: 12/06/2007 14:13:48
On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 01:06:27PM +0900, Takahiro Kambe wrote:
> In message <4756018A.6000402@roguewrt.org>
> 	on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:40:26 +1100,
> 	"Sarton O'Brien" <bsd-xen@roguewrt.org> wrote:
> > I think you're after 'bootdev=' as a kernel parameter.
> > 
> > Well that's what I use.
> Thanks.
> 
> How can I specify it?

I use

config          netbsd  root on ld0a type ffs

in my kernel config file. (As in, obviously ld0a,wd0a and ld0a,wd1a will
match for me, so substitute ld0a for your root partition)
(Another way might be "boot -a" at the boot prompt which appears if
you press a key during countdown)

Cheers,

Patrick