2.11BSD kernel probs - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 May 2002

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    I've been trying to build a kernel with TCP/IP
& DEQNA support for the
 PDP-11/93.  After reassigning some of the overlay inclusions, the kernel
 builds OK, and will boot, up to looking for the root filesystem.  The
 boot fails with an error that there's no root fs at major, minor (5,0).
   I've verified that my root filesystem is indeed at that device.  
I would guess that if the generic kernel is able to find the root fs, but your custom
kernel can't mount root, you may have an object that needs to be in a different
place.

Looking at the kernel Makefile for 2.11BSD on my 11/83, I see that I have ra.o in the
BASE.

When the kernel first starts to load, you should see something like:

<5>ra0: Ver 4 mod 3
ra0: RD54  size=311200