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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!matlock.mindspring.com!usenet From: rsanders@interbev.mindspring.com (Robert Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: 2.0.5-ALPHA install Date: 01 Jun 1995 16:39:15 -0400 Organization: /usr/lib/news/organization Lines: 25 Message-ID: <87hh69ixsc.fsf@interbev.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: interbev2.mindspring.com X-Newsreader: (ding) Gnus v0.80 I'm having a hell of a time with 2.0.5-ALPHA. After several problems just getting the bindist installed (I'll detail these later), I finally tried to reboot into what was supposed to be a happy system. It may be; the kernel never even gets off the ground. Here's how it looks: Booting sd(0,a)/kernel @ 0x100000 text=0xe3000 data=0xe000 bss=0x14140 symbols=[+0xec0+0x4+0xe028+0x4+0x29cee7fc] and, of course, the spinning cursor at the end. It hangs there for an eternity. How do I tell the kernel on the bootdisk to use sd(0,a) as the root partition? The FAQ says that specifying option -a at the Boot prompt should do so, but that's apparently not supported. I have a PCI Pentium 60 w/64 MB and a NCR SCSI controller. The only other equipment of note is a 3c509 ethernet card, which worked fine during the installation (via FTP). My first disk is a Quantum LPS540S and the other is a Seagate ST15150N. This setup worked just fine with 950322-SNAP. -- Robert