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Date:      Wed, 7 Nov 2007 21:07:05 -0800
From:      "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com>
To:        d@delphij.net
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: panic if / has no /dev - known issue?
Message-ID:  <b1fa29170711072107x55c65583s804e742fa4decd35@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <473298F2.1000802@delphij.net>
References:  <473298F2.1000802@delphij.net>

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On Nov 7, 2007 9:04 PM, LI Xin <delphij@delphij.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think this is annoying.  If you create a filesystem without /dev then
> kernel will panic on boot if it is used as /.  Is this a known issue
> (feature?)?
>

I've encountered it before - but in the past it would just hang. A
panic is preferable.

 -Kip



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