2.11BSD kernel probs

From: pdp11_at_bellsouth.net <(pdp11_at_bellsouth.net)>
Date: Wed May 8 12:51:46 2002

> 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
Received on Wed May 08 2002 - 12:51:46 BST