Subject: Re: root fs on non-"a" partition?
To: John Valdes <valdes@uchicago.edu>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/17/2001 23:33:04
> I'm trying to install NetBSD 1.5 on a PowerBook G3 (Lombard).
> [...quad-boot, MacOS 9, MacOS X, Linux, NetBSD...]

> Unfortunately, given the order of the partitions, NetBSD treats the
> Linux partition as the "a" partition, while the NetBSD partition is
> seen as the "h" partition [...can't find init...]

I don't know the PowerBook boot sequence, but if you get a chance to
specify options, try booting with -a, which should cause it to prompt
you for the root device, at which point you can tell it wd0h.

For routine use, you probably will want to build yourself a kernel
configured "root on wd0h".  But if it works, this might get you up far
enough to do that....

					der Mouse

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