Hi Thayne,

AFAIK, It uses the bios for disk access right up to "changing root
device...", so that would explain why it can get /netbsd.  Do your boot
messages show that wd0a was detected no problem (and does the geometry
look right)?  I know this is a stupid question, but you do have /dev/wd*
right (yes, I forgot this once...)? If you boot from floppy, can you mout
wd0a allright?

Maybe there is a geometry mismatch.  Does your BIOS agree with the
partition table, and more importantly the disklabel?

Hope this helps,
	Rick

On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Thayne Harbaugh wrote:

> I have a machine running 1.1 (or it would be running 1.1 if
> init could figure things out).  It boots up just dandy and
> then:
> 
> .
> .
> .
> changing root device to wd0a
> de0: enabling 10baseT/UTP port
> sh: /etc/rc: not a directory or special device
> sh: /autoboot: not currently mounted
> Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:
> 
> it then fails to find /bin/sh when I press enter.  It looks
> like init is working just fine but /dev/wd0a isn't being
> mounted on / and then it can't find anything: no sh, no
> /etc/rc, nothing.
> 
> So, my question is this:  What is responsible for initially
> mounting / ?  Whats the missing piece between changing the
> root device to wd0a and reading /etc/rc ?  Do I possibly
> have a bad disklabel or bad boot program?
> 
> 
> --
> Thayne Harbaugh
> Network Computer, Inc.
> 

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