Re: boot problem

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 08:48:06PM +0000, netbsd%cuthberts.org.uk@localhost 
wrote:
> Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 18:11:23 +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > After updating a prior version of NetBSD 5.99.22 (amd64)
> > > to today's (23/11) version of NetBSD 5.99.22 the system isn't
> > > booting autonomously anymore.
> > > I can't get the initial screen configured by boot.cfg.
> > 
> > Do you know how much got updated? (any or all of mbr, pbr /boot)
> > What is the last message that appears on the console?
> 
> I believe a similar problem applies to the daily builds of the whole i386 
> system.
> When booting a CD made from i386cd.iso dated 2009/11/25, I get:
> 
> boot device: cd0
> root on cd0a dumps on cd0b
> vfs_mountroot: can't open root device
> cannot mount root, error = 6
> 
> and then a prompt to enter the root device.
> 
> Does anyone know which was the most recent build of NetBSD-current that is 
> installable?
> Thanks,

That one looks like the MODULAR kernel issue ...

        David

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