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first of all:
thanks for all suggestions!=20

but i wasn't lucky jet...

i've tried the -a method, specified wd0b/.../wd0h. but the kernel always
displayed:
root device (default wd0h):
dump device (default wd0b):
file system (default generic):
root device (default wd0h):
dump device (default wd0b):
file system (default generic):
=2E
=2E
=2E

so next i will try to crosscompile a custom kernel...

bye bye - sifu


On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 02:23:17PM -0700, Henry B. Hotz wrote:
> At 3:09 PM -0400 5/7/03, Joseph Sarkes wrote:
> >On Wednesday, May 7, 2003, at 06:45 AM, Siegmund Fuhringer wrote:
> >
> >>hi!
> >>
> >>i've installed netbsd on my powerbook :)
> >>but i'm unable to boot it :(
> >>
> >>
> >>after entering "boot hd:13,\ofwboot.xcf hd:12/netbsd" the kernel boots,
> >>but is apparently using the wrong partition as root filesystem:
> >
> >Basically, I build myself a kernel with the desired boot device=20
> >specified in the config file and it works fine. The work around is=20
> >to boot in a multistep fashion to be able to use the -a flag to the=20
> >kernel, which allows you to specify the root filesystem.
>=20
> His problem isn't pointing at the right filesystem partition, but=20
> having the kernel understand the filesystem type of that partition.=20
> As you suggest building a custom kernel would solve the problem=20
> because you can force the filesystem type on the config line along=20
> with the partition.  Not sure that booting with -a would help though.=20
> It might because it might use different code to guess the filesystem=20
> type, but I wouldn't depend on it without testing or code inspection.
> --=20
> The opinions expressed in this message are mine,
> not those of Caltech, JPL, NASA, or the US Government.
> Henry.B.Hotz@jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz@oxy.edu

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