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- On Oct 14, 12:03pm, Gordon Hundley - CIX Staff wrote:
- ...
- > root device? sd6a
- > bad/missing unit number
-
- I think this is caused by using an old version of loadbsd that is not
- compatible with the newer kernels. The old loadbsd did not pass the
- "boothowto" information to the kernel. [It also looks like there is a
- bug in the code that is asking for the root device: it is using *cp to
- check the unit number, but cp has never been initialized.] I think a
- current version of loadbsd should be on eunet in
- software/os/bsd/NetBSD/NetBSD-Amiga/bin.
-
- > The only clue I have is that it may have something to do with the
- > loadbsd software. It comes up with a warning saying that it is looking
- > for version 46 of the ixemul.library and I could only find 45 out there
- > on the net. The files I found using archie which purported to be version
- > 47 revealed themselves as having a version 24 number in them despite the
- > recent build date. They cause a bus error anyway.
-
- The revision 45 (not version - the version should be 39) works just fine.
-
- > Any of you kernel gurus able to debug the above or just _know_ whats
- > wrong? Anybody know where I get ixemul.library version 39.46?
-
- Version 39.47 if ixemul.library appears to be on aminet:
- ixemul.library.39.47 dev/gcc 78K+Version 39.47 of the ixemul.library from g
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- Michael
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