Re: recent dom0 kernels reboot on loading?

[Johan Ihren <johani%johani.org@localhost>]

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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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