Subject: Re: RiscBSD, Help please..
To: RiscBSD <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 11/23/1997 15:41:46
Phill Hodgson wrote:

> The problem arrives when I try and boot RiscBSD -- The instructions
> say set the bootloader !BtRiscBSD (Ver 2.88) to boot up from the ramdisc. 
> When I do this the kernel boots, and completes the system checks, but
> then comes up with the error messages:
> 
> rd0 allocated 0K
> ..etc etc.....
> panic: cannot mount root
> 
> then drops to a        db>           prompt.
> 
> I've allocated the ramdisc over 1440K as instructed, and created the
> boot up floppy also.

It could be that the ramdisk is now called md0 "memory disk", but I
can't remember what to write in the bootloader to affect the
change. Maybe someone can refresh my memory?

Patrick