Subject: Re: boot problem
To: Daniel Parks <danielp@reed.edu>
From: Patrick Tepesch <ptepesch@stny.rr.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/20/2001 02:31:30
So, I'm still not clear on what I should do.  Should I change my scsi id 
on the netbsd drive to 0 and set the fstab entries to be /dev/sd0 with 
the same letters as before with sd2?

On Friday, April 20, 2001, at 02:25 AM, Daniel Parks wrote:

> At 2:15 AM -0400 4/20/2001, Patrick Tepesch wrote:
>> Actually, when I boot with all the devices plugged in, it is using 
>> /dev/sd2 as the device for ID 6.
>
> Oh, sorry, I didn't think about the fact that you have a zip drive. The 
> zip might only show up when it contains a cartridge, or it might not 
> show up at all. I haven't used a zip under NetBSD, so I'm not sure.
>
> It's a good idea to assign removable media to higher ID numbers so that 
> your boot works whether or not you have a disk inserted.
>
>> Also, when I boot with only the "external" drive in the chain, it 
>> seems to mount the root partition just fine.  It just dies trying to 
>> set up the swap partition.
>
> IIRC, the booter asks for an ID rather than something like /dev/sd0, 
> and the booter is what loads
> (I'm not sure if that's the correct word...) the root partition.
>
> Daniel
> -- maybe it will snow
>