Subject: Re: root device?
To: Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com>
From: Joe Laffey <joe@laffeycomputer.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/11/2004 14:16:26
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Tim Kelly wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:59:29 -0600 (CST)
> Joe Laffey <joe@laffeycomputer.com> wrote:
>
>> I have to enter it manually. Is this the issue being discussed here by
>> Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com>  ??
>
> What's your boot command?


I use "boot" to boot. But first I set:
setenv boot-file netbsd
setenv boot-device ide0/disk@0:0

This will boot up fine, but I get the unkown root device issue.


>
> Also, send the results of
>
> dev /aliases .properties
>
> from the Open Firmware prompt. OF aliases handle a lot of the dirty
> work.


name				aliases
cpu0				/cpus/PowerPC,750
pci1				/pci@80000000
mac-io				/pci/mac-io
pmu				/pci/mac-io/via-pmu
kbd				/pci/mac-io/via-pmu/adb/keyboard
mouse				/pci/mac-io/via-pmu/adb/mouse
screen				/pci/ATY,RageLTPro
lower				/pci/pccard@13
upper				/pci/pccard@13,1
ttya				/pci/mac-io/escc/ch-a
ttyb				/pci/mac-io/escc/ch-b
scsi				/pci/mac-io/mesh
scsi-int			/pci/mac-io/mesh
ata2				/pci/pccard@13
ata3				/pci/pccard@13,1
bay-ata1			/pci/mac-io/media-bay/ata1/ata-disk
atapi1				/pci/mac-io/media-bay/ata1/atapi-disk
fd				/pci/mac-io/media-bay/floppy
bay-ata4			/pci/mac-io@D/media-bay/ata4/ata-disk
atapi4				/pci/mac-io@D/media-bay/ata4/atapi-disk
fd2				/pci/mac-io@D/media-bay/floppy
enet				/pci/mac-io/bmac
ide0				/pci/@10/ata0
ide1				/pci/@10/@34/ata1
ide4				/pci/@d/@34/ata4



I hope this helps. Please let me know if you need any more info.

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