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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