Subject: Re: unixfs and Connect32
To: Boris Boesler <s_boesle@ira.uka.de>
From: Scott Stevens <s.k.stevens@ic.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 10/15/1996 12:07:44
Boris Boesler writes:
> Hi!
>
> Sorry, but I wrote nonsense. I tried
>
> unixfs_mount 403e3
>
> to mount the root partition and got:
>
> Unknown partition type
> Bombing out...
> 10
>
> Unkonwn partition type
>
> As far as I can see the RiscBSD partition identifier (0x42) is
> at the right place (offset 0xdfc).
I've not tried unixfs with a connect32 and so don't know what
partitioning scheme it uses. have you written a disklabel?
> Any hints?
Check the swi base. The format of the device identifier give to
unixfs_mount is
(swibase & ~0x3f) | (drive << 3) | partition
You example would use swibase
403c0 as the swibase, 4 as the drive and access partition d
> Boris
PS Usual caveats apply.
cheers Scott
--
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