Subject: Re: Jornada 680 asks for "root device"
To: Stefan Schumacher <stefan@net-tex.de>
From: Michael Wileman <jwileman@panix.com>
List: port-hpcsh
Date: 06/25/2005 17:10:03
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005, Stefan Schumacher wrote:

> Also sprach Michael Wileman (jwileman@panix.com)
>
>> When I boot using hpcboot, the booting process starts, until I get
>>
>> wskbd2 at hpckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>> boot device: <unknown>
>> root device:
>>
>> It doesn't seem to find my wd0a root setup. If I try typing in wd0a OR
>> wd0 or wd1a or anything else, it just responds with
>>
>> use one of: ddb halt reboot
>> root device:
>>
>> I had assumed the kernel binary would automatically look for wd0. Can
>> someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Do I have to recompile the
>> kernel to recognize my CF card. Did anyone else here have this problem
>> trying to install 2.0 on a Jornada?
>
> Did you define the root device in hpcboot.exe, before starting the
> booting of NetBSD?

Yes, I checked the "wd" box. "miniroot.fs" is grayed out in the text 
field below that, but I presume that only applies to the "md" option, 
as it is only when checking that one that the text can be modified.

Mike