Subject: Problems Booting Miniroot, 1.3.2!
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/28/1998 08:59:24
Hi Again:

Thanks to Ragge for his reply, but I'm still having problems:

Here's an excerpt:

>>> b/3 mua0

  2..1..0..


howto 0x3, bdev 0x12, booting...done. (31448+22260)

>> NetBSD/vax boot [980530 13:32] <<
: ra(0,1)netbsd
724992+38912+76744 start 0xa1ad8
[ netbsd symbol table not valid ]
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.3.2 (GENERIC) #0: Sat May 30 12:55:49 CEST 1998

ragge@subzero:/mnt/users/ragge/1.3/usr/src/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC

realmem = 13625344
avail mem = 10013696
Using 665 buffers containing 680960 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 5 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 5 model 13
mscpbus1: DMA burst size set to 4
ra0 at mscpbus1 drive 0: RA81
ra1 at mscpbus1 drive 1: RA81
uda1 at uba0 csr 160334 vec 764 ipl 17
mscpbus2 at uda1: version 5 model 13
mscpbus2: DMA burst size set to 4
ra2 at mscpbus2 drive 0: RA81
qe0 at uba0 csr 174440 vec 760 ipl 17
qe0: deqna, hardware address 08:00:2b:07:b6:1e
dhu0 at uba0 csr 160440 vec 300 ipl 17
dhu0: rom(1) version 2 rom(0) version 2
cboot device: ra0
root device (default ra0b): 
dump device (default ra0b): 
file system (default generic): 
root on ra0b dumps on ra0b
no file system for ra0 (dev 0x901)
cannot mount root, error = 79
root device (default ra0b): 


Note the acceptance of defaults, as recommended, and the error:

root device (default ra0b): (I hit return)
dump device (default ra0b): (I hit return)
file system (default generic): (I hit return)
root on ra0b dumps on ra0b
no file system for ra0 (dev 0x901)
cannot mount root, error = 79
root device (default ra0b):


Help, it's not working! Anybody else have this problem??

Kevin

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Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD
mcquiggi@sfu.ca