Subject: Re: Strange "root on %s" automatic selection
To: joel@carnat.net, NetBSD/xen <port-xen@NetBSD.org>
From: Kazushi (Jam) Marukawa <jam@pobox.com>
List: port-xen
Date: 11/30/2006 10:01:01
On Nov 29, 23:39, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> Subject: Strange "root on %s" automatic selection
>
> With the NetBSD/i386 kernel, the boot process detects "root on wd0a".
> With the NetBSD/xen kernel, the boot process don't automatically detect
> "root on wd0a" and even propose a default "root on sd0a".
Having same problem. I'm guessing NetBSD/xen is trying to
boot from a drive alphabetical order. My machine boots fine
from wd0a without other drives. However, it tries to boot
from ld0a if I attach 3ware RAID drive.
-- Kazushi
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