On Sun, 9 Feb 1997 20:29:49 +0000 (GMT) 
 David Brownlee <david@mono.org> wrote:

 > 	The file system would be 'ffs' - though if thats the problem
 > 	is another matter (Probably worth trying though :)

Yah... obviously, something is slightly wrong... looks like you
deferenced a NULL pointer...

(For future reference, "?", or any invalid response, for that matter, will
give you a list of filesystems you can use.  "generic" means "try all
possible file system types", i.e. auto-detect.)

 > 
 > 		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}
 > 
 > Thought for : Loathing the way "Don't cry for me Argentina" has
 >   the day   : been bastardized by Madonna into a 'disco' song.
 > 
 > On Sun, 9 Feb 1997, Jeremy A. Rosengren wrote:
 > 
 > > Just tried to install 1.2C on my uVAX II...here's what happened when I
 > > tried to boot off the miniroot...what am I supposed to type when it asks
 > > for the "file system (default generic)"?
 > > 
 > > NetBSD 1.2C (GENERIC) #19: Sun Feb  2 14:03:52 CET 1997
 > >     ragge@multivac:/usr/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC
 > > 
 > > realmem = 5241856
 > > avail mem = 2800640
 > > Using 255 buffers containing 261120 bytes of memory.
 > > backplane0 (root)
 > > cpu0 at backplane0: MicroVAX II
 > > uba0 at backplane0: Q22
 > > mtc0 at uba0 csr 174500 vec 774 ipl 17
 > > mscpbus0 at mtc0: version 4 model 3
 > > mscpbus0: DMA burst size set to 4
 > > mt0 at mscpbus0 drive 0: TK50
 > > uda0 at uba0 csr 172150 vec 770 ipl 17
 > > mscpbus1 at uda0: version 2 model 3
 > > mscpbus1: DMA burst size set to 4
 > > ra0 at mscpbus1 drive 0: RD54
 > > ra1 at mscpbus1 drive 1: RD51
 > > qe0 at uba0 csr 174440 vec 764 ipl 17
 > > qe0: deqna, hardware address 08:00:2b:05:23:8d
 > > dhu0 at uba0 csr 160440 vec 300 ipl 17
 > > dhu0: rom(1) version 2 rom(0) version 2
 > > boot device: <unknown>
 > > root device: ra0*
 > > file system (default generic): generic
 > > root on ra0b swap on no vmspace in fault
 > > Trap: type 8, code 14, pc 8001577a, psl 0
 > > P0BR 80000000   P1BR 80000000   P0LR        0   P1LR   200000
 > > KSP  800c6584   ISP  801b1800   USP         0
 > > R0         80   R1         20   R2   800c66b4   R3          0
 > > R4   85402390   R5          4   R6         73   R7         14
 > > R8          0   R9   800c6698   R10         0   R11  80011acb
 > > FP   800c6638   AP   800c6664   PC   8001577a   PSL         0
 > > panic: trap: adr 14
 > > Stopped at      0x800a2e38:     bbs     $6, 60(r6), 0x800a2e40
 > > db>
 > > 
 > > 
 > > ---------------------------------
 > > Jeremy A. (Dor) Rosengren
 > > Diu vivere gens Sageth
 > > "As God wills, so will it be..."
 > > rosengre@augsburg.edu
 > > 
 > > "Technology . . . the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to
 > > experience it."
 > >                 --Max Frisch (b. 1911)
 > > 
 > > 
 > 

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