Subject: / isn't being mounted
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Thayne Harbaugh <tharbaug%alta.us.oracle.com@us.oracle.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/30/1997 20:14:17
I have a machine running 1.1 (or it would be running 1.1 if
init could figure things out).  It boots up just dandy and
then:

.
.
.
changing root device to wd0a
de0: enabling 10baseT/UTP port
sh: /etc/rc: not a directory or special device
sh: /autoboot: not currently mounted
Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:

it then fails to find /bin/sh when I press enter.  It looks
like init is working just fine but /dev/wd0a isn't being
mounted on / and then it can't find anything: no sh, no
/etc/rc, nothing.

So, my question is this:  What is responsible for initially
mounting / ?  Whats the missing piece between changing the
root device to wd0a and reading /etc/rc ?  Do I possibly
have a bad disklabel or bad boot program?


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Thayne Harbaugh
Network Computer, Inc.