Subject: Re: cannot configure wd0i as dump device
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Christian Groessler <cpg@aladdin.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/11/2006 21:49:08
Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net> wrote:
> The workaround is to specify the major and minor numbers instead of
> the name of the device, i.e.:
> config netbsd root on ? type ffs dumps on major 0 minor 524288
Thanks, that worked.
> I really hate that awful hack. It will probably prevent booting an
> amd64 kernel on an i386 userland for as long as we lack devfs...
Why this? Isn't it only a problem if using partitions beyond 'h'?
regards,
chris