Subject: Re: NetBSD and root fs
To: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-embed
Date: 03/31/2005 11:46:00
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 10:18:38PM +0000, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:23:52 +0200
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org> wrote:
>  
> > I think you have a bigger problem, which is that the boot loader doesn't
> > properly start the kernel, or the kernel has its console on the wrong device.
> 
> How can you tell that boot loader does not start the kernel ? It seems to me like it can load it.

Because lines like:
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

should be printed immediatly after.


>  
> > Have you successfully loaded a NetBSD kernel on this box ?
> 
> I used someone else's crunched kernel and it started fine so NetBSD is able to run on soekris boards.

Did you use the same boot loader ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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