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From: kpneal@interpath.com (Kevin P. Neal)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help needed with NetBSD 1.1/Amiga: Cannot configure second swap partition
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 96 21:54:12 GMT
Organization: It's a Bedroom--Not A Lab
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In article <ulohsmf4f.fsf@losira.ppe.bb-data.de>, mib@bb-data.de (Martin Ibert) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>But if I try to swapon it, I get a "device not
>configured" error.
>
>So I thought, maybe the problem is not with the partition at all;
>maybe the kernel needs to be configured for another swap area.

Yep.

> I then
>edited my kernel config file, replacing the "netbsd swap on generic"
>statement with "netbsd root on sd0 swap on sd0 and sd1". But no joy;
>the kernel won't link. It is missing a function (was it autoconf in
>module setconf or the other way around? I'm away from the machine
>right now). I even put in two "config" lines; the one with the
>"generic" clause gives me a kernel, while the other doesn't.

Ok, you have to take out "options GENERIC" if you aren't config'ing
on generic.


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