Subject: Re: sysctl: machdep.diskinfo: unknown structure returned
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Wenchi Liao <wliao@midway.uchicago.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/02/1999 12:28:45
"D'Arcy" "J.M." Cain wrote:
>Thus spake Wenchi Liao
>> Playing with sysctl on i386 netbsd1.4, and got this
>> message. Is this a bad thing?
>> 
>> The rest of sysctl's output seemed fine. Looking through
>> the kernel sources and include files didn't turn up
>> anything particularly enlightening to me...
>
>Are you by any chance upgrading your system?  I seem to recall seeing
>this while moving from 1.4.1 to -current on a system but it looks
>fine now.  Perhaps you have a kernel/sysctl mismatch.

stock 1.4 distro binaries, and a modified GENERIC kernel
(removing pcmcia stuff, etc.). I'll try the generic kernel
when I get a chance....

WL