Re: NetBSD and root fs

[Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd%2005.salmi.ch@localhost>]

Hubert Feyrer --> tech-embed (2005-03-30 16:23:09 +0200):
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> >How can I do the same on NetBSD? How can I tell it where to find the root 
> >fs?
> >My kernel config already has the options but it doesn't seem to be of help:
> >
> >options         MEMORY_DISK_HOOKS
> >options         MEMORY_DISK_IS_ROOT     # force root on memory disk
> >options         MEMORY_DISK_SERVER=0    # no userspace memory disk support
> >options         MINIROOTSIZE=20480      # size of memory disk, in blocks
> 
> This looks good.

Hmm, what is MINIROOTSIZE? I can only find some references to it in
kernel config files in sys/arch/{evbarm,sgimips}, but all of them
commented out. Shouldn't this be MEMORY_DISK_ROOT_SIZE instead?


> >What I get on my soekris is it loads the kernel and stops, which IMO is 
> >becouse it cannot find the init binary:
> >
> >NetBSD/i386 ffsv1 Primary Bootstrap
> >
> >>>NetBSD/i386 BIOS Boot, Revision 3.1
> >>>(builds@build, Wed Dec  1 10:39:14 UTC 2004)
> >>>Memory: 639/64512 k
> >Press return to boot now, any other key for boot menu
> >booting hd0a:netbsd - starting in 0
> >open netbsd: No such file or directory
> 
> init? I'd say it doesn't find "netbsd" (== the kernel), so you don't get 

The OP used netbsd.gz which was found by the boot loader.


Cheers, Jukka

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