Brett Kessler wrote:
> Hope you folks have time for some questions from a NetBSD newbie here.
> (I've got lots of experience with Linux and Solaris, but none with NetBSD.)
> Like some others, I've been getting the "Cannot mount root, error = 79"
> error after an otherwise successful installation of NetBSD 1.4.2.  I've
> searched the archives of this list before posting, but haven't found any
> solutions... so I'm hoping for a bit of help.  (Maybe this situation should
> be added to the FAQ?)

in general, i only add things to the FAQ that actually have an answer...

> The system starts coming up, but says at the end:
> 
>     [....]
>     boot device sd1
>     root on sd1 dumps on sd1b
>     sd1: no disk label -- NetBSD or Macintosh
>     no file system for sd1 (dev 0x408)
>     cannot mount root, error = 79

what do the boot messages say about your scsi drives?  in other words,
copy down the gist of the "sdX at obio0..." lines so we can see them...
you are booting from a kernel within netbsd, right?

-colin