Subject: Re: upgrade problem
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Nathan Langford <njl@sdf.lonestar.org>
List: current-users
Date: 02/10/2004 02:32:43
On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Johnny Billquist wrote:

> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:50:39 +0100 (CET)
> From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@update.uu.se>
> To: Nathan Langford <njl@sdf.lonestar.org>
> Cc: current-users@NetBSD.org
> Subject: Re: upgrade problem
>
> On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Nathan Langford wrote:
>
> > I tried running "fsck_ffs -b 32 -c 4 /dev/rsd2a":
> > FREE BLK COUNT(S) WRONG IN SUPERBLK
> > SALVAGE? [yn] y
> > UPDATE STANDARD SUPERBLOCK? [yn] y
> >
> > It didn't seem to solve anything and I got the same error
> > message at boot time.  I also tried with SALVAGE=n.
>
> The original error looks like you don't have sd2.
> swapctl and fsck both complains that /dev/sd2x is not configured.
> Does /dev/sd2x exist in your /dev? (where x = a,b,c...)

Yes.

> Does netbsd nowadays create a /dev on a ramdisk if it don't exist? If so,
> make sure you are not getting into that when you get into single-user
> mode.

/dev looks the same when I boot the -current kernel as the -1.6.1, so I
don't think it's doing anything like that.

> Another item would be to check that you actually have a sd2 when you boot.
> That's earlier in your dmesg.

It's definately there; I have no idea why it's saying "Device not
configured".

Thanks for your continued help.
-Nathan