Re: "cannot mount root, error = 79"

[Markus W Kilbinger <mk%kilbi.de@localhost>]

>>>>> "Kentaro" == Kentaro KAWAMOTO <kentaro.kawamoto%gmail.com@localhost> 
>>>>> writes:

    Kentaro> Hi, I have two NetBSD machines: one with NetBSD 5.99.16
    Kentaro> (amd64), the other with NetBSD 5.0.1 (i386). I
    Kentaro> cross-compiled a new kernel on the amd64 machine for the
    Kentaro> i386, and copy the binary (netbsd) to the i386 machine.
    Kentaro> [...]
    Kentaro> no file system for wd0 (dev 0x0) cannot mount
    Kentaro> root, error = 79 root device (default wd0a): 

    Kentaro> Why does it fail to find a file system on wd0. It must
    Kentaro> exist because it can boot with the older kernel (NetBSD
    Kentaro> 5.0.1).

In case you are running a MODULAR kernel:
Did you update kernel modules, too?

Markus.