During boot it seems the kernel is unable to tell the root device:


boot device: <unknown>
root device: wd0a
dump device (default wd0b):
file system (default generic):
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs
init path (default /sbin/init):
init: trying /sbin/init


I have to enter it manually. Is this the issue being discussed here by
Tim Kelly <hockey@dialectronics.com>  ??

>2) I figured out that the problem with the kernel misidentifying the
>boot device appears to be in the manner in which the boot path is
>specified in Open Firmware. For example,
>
>boot scsi-int/@6:0,\ofwboot.xcf netbsd
>
>is a perfectly valid path, even though I didn't specify "sd." This is
>because OF will use the first child of scsi-int it finds, and sd will
>always be found before st. However, once this has been through the
>canonization routine in autoconf.c, the node has been dropped and the
>canonized bootpath becomes (stuff)/sd@0. I hope to have a patch on this
>soon.

I tried setting boot-device to ide0/disk@0:0 instead of ide0/@0:0 on this 
Wallstreet PB 300. This change did not affect the problem.

If this is indeed the problem described above, and someone has a patch (I 
thought I saw amessage about that today, but the archive is updated 
nightly it would seem), I would be happy to try it out. This is a new 
install (nothing to worry about breaking).


Thanks,

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