Re: port-i386/43168: CD boot image fails to find root file system + (half)dead keyboard

[Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/43168; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Havard Eidnes <he%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-i386/43168: CD boot image fails to find root file system
 + (half)dead keyboard
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:48:49 +0200 (CEST)

 Oh, BTW,
 
 the boot block says:
 
 NetBSD/x86 cd9660 Primary Bootstrap
 
 
 >> NetBSD/x86 BIOS Boot, Revision 5.4 (from NetBSD 5.99.27)
 >> Memory: 630/1047488 k
 Press return to boot now, any other key for boot menu
 
 
 Now, it turns out the keyboard is not *completely* dead, it appears to
 detect about 1 in 50 keystrokes.  This lead me to try to point the
 install image in the direction of the preexisting root file system on
 the harddisk, only to discover that the kernel doesn't have the ffs
 module loaded at that time (only supports cd9660).  When I try to give
 it cd0a as root file system, it says "use one of md0[a-p] fxp0
 wd2[a-p] fd0[a-p] wd0[a-p] wd1[a-p] ddb halt reboot" -- it's as if
 it's not found the cd drive during autoconfig.  Grumble, I wonder if
 this is related to me using a separate plug-in card for the SATA disks
 I'm trying to do data recovery with. ... Which revealed another gripe:
 it appears that the boot disk has restore, but not dump on it, forcing
 me to make my own custom install CD *with* dump on it... =
 
 
 Regards,
 
 - H=E5vard