On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:35:18 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:

> I'm using GRUB on wd0 to boot everything, and it mostly
> works. "Mostly" leads to the first question:
>=20
> The GENERIC NetBSD kernel comes up not knowing the boot disk, and
> needing to be told where it's root is. Can someone provide the
> appropriate GRUB commands to tell the NetBSD kernel where it's root
> is? Or must I build a custom config for this?

This seems to be generally true with the GENERIC kernel; my NetBSD
root partition is on the second disk on the second SCSI bus (pmax),
and I have to build a custom kernel with the root device identified in
the kernel config file (sorry - can't remember the parameter) in order
to stop the boot from pausing to ask where the root device is.

> The second question is those two FreeBSD partitions. The kernel finds
> the -current root for wd0a; I want access to the -stable root (that's
> where the GRUB boot menu is). Does someone have a writeup on how
> NetBSD and FreeBSD partitions tables interact on a shared disk?

Sorry - can't help you with that.

Nick Boyce
Bristol, UK

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