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>>> As Manuel would say, "root=/dev/hda1" is a copy and paste from a  
>>> linux config.
>>> The correct line would be "bootdev=wd0", obviously replacing wd0  
>>> with your
>>> applicable nbsd device.
>>>
>>> I believe root= is now an equivelent? ... but you would still  
>>> need to specify
>>> a nbsd device, not a linux one.
>>
>> The NetBSD/xen howto still uses the "root=/dev/hda0" terminology, so
>> it is not so much a copy-and-paste from Linux as a copy-and-paste
>> from the NetBSD instructions.
>>
>> I use "root=/dev/hda0" all over my dom0's and, no, I do not have a
>> "hda0" entry in my /dev.
>
> this works as long as the first disk device is the boot one.

My point wasn't that "root=/dev/hda0" works, but rather that the more  
correct "bootdev=wd0" isn't documented. I'm sorry that was unclear.

Johan

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