Re: 2nd stage bootloader does not find /netbsd on sd0a

Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:35:28 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.hp700
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Oct 9, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Rudi Ludwig wrote:

> Boot: dk0a:netbsd
>
> I didn't type all the text. The 2nd stage bootloader iterates through
> different files it tries all without success.
> The "dk0a" though irritates me. I would have expacted something  
> like sd0a
> or hd0a. Entering those at the boot prompt manually doesn't help  
> either.
> i.e. boot sd0a:netbsd

The "dk" is probably because the firmware on the hp700 doesn't  
differentiate between the different disk interfaces, and the boot  
loader is using the firmware callbacks to perform the I/O.

-- thorpej