on 2/8/00 12:10 PM, Chris Tribo at talon16m@hotmail.com said something like:

> I honestly don't know why custom kernel's do this and generic kernels
> have no problem reading the boot device. To make it stop you'll have to edit
> your kernel configuration file and then recompile. There should be a line
> with something like:
> 
> root at ? type ?            Which you should change to:
> root at wd0a type ffs
> 
> The VAX and pmax ports do the same thing, so it's not just macppc. I
> guess it's figured that if you're compiling your own kernel, you know where
> you want your root file system at, and don't plan on changing it.
> 

Thanks for the info Chris and Todd. I'll stick to the dated snapshots and
change the config file when I compile.

I just saw the Feb 8th snapshot on the ftp, maybe I'll grab that and start
over from scratch. If I install that snapshot, is there a problems if I
compile kernels with the current sources?

cheers, 

Matthew Reilly