Subject: Re: boot issues with beige G3
To: moskimus <moskimus@mac.com>
From: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@mabelode.imrryr.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/08/2000 16:29:30
On 960494108 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
moskimus wrote:
>
>After I turn the system on it runs through the list of devices and
>then prompts me for the boot device. I type "sd0a". Then it prompts
>me for a dump partition, default is my swap partition (sd0b) so I hit
>enter. Then it asks for the type of file system, default is generic
>so again I hit enter.
A quick work-around that you can use while the problem is being fixed
is to hard-code those values into a kernel. To do this, build a kernel
with the config line more like:
#config netbsd root on ? type ?
config netbsd root on sd0 type ffs
#config netbsd root on ? type nfs
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