Re: Dockstar (like SHEEVAPLUG) panics at init with -current after Aug 31, 2012

["Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

It's not an updated kernel you need, it's an updated /dev/MAKEDEV on the root 
file-system.

On 2013-02-10, at 9:28 AM, Andy Ruhl <acruhl%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Nick Hudson 
> <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
>> On 05/01/2013 17:03, Nick Hudson wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 12/19/12 20:30, Andy Ruhl wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
>>>> WARNING: clock lost 4734 days
>>>> WARNING: using filesystem time
>>>> WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
>>>> warning: no /dev/console
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The real problem is related to the missing /dev/console
>> 
>> 
>> This was fixed yesterday by this commit.
>> 
>> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2013/01/26/msg040906.html
> 
> I synched my current source last night and built a kernel, and it
> still panics. This is on a semi-production machine so I need time to
> get the output for it.
> 
> This particular boot disk does not have /dev populated. The "old"
> kernel from Aug 23, 2012 (which I'm still using) seems to recognize
> this and mounts /dev over a tempfs.
> 
> Andy