https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2020/09/28/msg025772.html
It says that drives are numbered in the order they are found. I have noticed this on my USB memory sticks. Since everything is on the same physical hard-drive, and I recabled it, then this should not matter, right? Will I need to reinstall NetBSD from scratch? On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 11:24 PM Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks. I will try that. > > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 5:24 PM RVP <r...@sdf.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 31 May 2021, Todd Gruhn wrote: > > > > > Here is my fstab. It still does not work. > > > > > > # NetBSD /etc/fstab > > > # See /usr/share/examples/fstab/ for more examples. > > > > > > ROOT.a=NetBSD_9.2 / ffs rw,noatime 1 1 > > > ROOT.b=NetBSD_swap none swap sw,dp > > > > > > > The correct syntax is: NAME=GPT_LABEL > > Here's my /etc/fstab: > > > > NAME=NetBSD_9.2 / ffs rw,noatime 1 1 > > NAME=NetBSD_swap none swap sw,dp > > kernfs /kern kernfs rw > > ptyfs /dev/pts ptyfs rw > > procfs /proc procfs rw > > /dev/cd0a /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto > > tmpfs /var/shm tmpfs rw,-m1777,-sram%25 > > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs rw,-m1777,-sram%50 > > > > Judging by the device names (wd0a, ...) in your fstab, you have a > > BSD disklabel on wd0 instead of GPT. With the standard GENERIC > > kernel, the NAME=LABEL method only works with GPT-partitioned wedges > > See dk(4) and fstab(5). > > > > You'll have to create GPT partitions on wd0. > > > > Note that the NAME=LABEL also works in /boot.cfg (see boot(8)): > > > > $ fgrep NAME= /boot.cfg > > menu=Boot normally:gop 0;boot NAME=NetBSD_9.2:netbsd > > $ > > > > > I just executed: > > > > > > gpt create wd1 > > > > > > I got: > > > gpt: /dev/rwd1: Device already contains a GPT. Destroy it first. > > > > > > Aparrently part of this already done with gpt... > > > > > > > Create partitions with labels. You need a minimum of 3 partitions > > for a bootable NetBSD GPT disk (on a new drive): > > > > gpt add -a 1m -l NetBSD_EFI -t efi -s 300m wd1 > > gpt add -a 1m -l NetBSD_9.2 -t ffs -s 20g wd1 > > gpt add -a 1m -l NetBSD_swap -t swap -s 5g wd1 > > gpt show wd1 > > > > If you already have GPT partitions, you an (re)label them with > > `gpt label ...' > > > > -RVP > >
