Subject: Re: memory based root filesystem
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org>
From: Kamal R. Prasad <kamalpr@yahoo.com>
List: port-arm
Date: 01/10/2005 08:15:32
Yeah I overlooked this step.
Sorry about that.
regards
-kamal
--- Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 07:48:26AM -0800, Kamal R.
> Prasad wrote:
> > Thanks for the help. The md pseudo-device was
> already
> > enabled when I reported the problem. I commented
> out
> > the MFS option and enabled the FFS_EI option. But
> the
> > end result is still the same. It looks like the
> ffs
> > module does not know how to create / on the
> ramdisk
> > (md0a) AND/OR expects a filesystem to be ready
> when it
> > accesses the device.
>
> Umm.. Yes. If you're doing 'root on md,' then you
> need
> to embed the root filesystem in the kernel image
> with
> mdsetimage (or equivalent). Perhaps you've
> overlooked
> this step?
>
> -allen
>
> --
> Use NetBSD!
> http://www.netbsd.org/
>
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