Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:50:10 -0500 From: Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Kent Vander Velden <graphix@toybox.cc.iastate.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root filesystem and -current Message-ID: <v04003a0ab12f0521f376@[208.140.182.45]> In-Reply-To: <19980313133514.09198@freebie.lemis.com> References: <199803130024.SAA11363@toybox.cc.iastate.edu>; from Kent Vander Velden on Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 06:24:28PM -0600 <199803130024.SAA11363@toybox.cc.iastate.edu>
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At 22:05 -0500 98.03.12, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Thu, 12 March 1998 at 18:24:28 -0600, Kent Vander Velden wrote: >The big one: IF YOU ARE RUNNING -CURRENT, SUBSCRIBE TO THE >FREEBSD-CURRENT MAILING LIST! Tried that. Signal was rather low, noise was way too high. >What has happened is relatively complicated: they've eliminated the >"compatibility slice", so you will no longer be able to mount >/dev/sd0a. Use /dev/sd0s1a instead (in /etc/fstab). Don't be put off >by the fact that it will then claim to mount /dev/sd0s2a; that's a >known bug. Tried that. Still Panics on boot. Putting it back via a fixit floppy after root refused to mount because it had the wrong device in /etc/fstab was real fun. So, in case anyone else is tempted, my experience was less than good. YMMV. +C -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/chipmerchant.html>; Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com <http://www.enigami.com/~ckempf/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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