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Date:      Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:14:43 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), geoffr@is.co.za, brian@pobox.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ATA - Trouble mounting secondary master 
Message-ID:  <199908212014.NAA00959@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Aug 1999 12:29:47 %2B0200." <199908211029.MAA44285@freebsd.dk> 

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> So I still stick with my statement that the -current bootblocks/loader
> doesn't have the computrons needed to use the ad device (or any non
> wd/da/fd device for that matter) for anything usefull :)

The loader is fine; the problem is just that Poul never finished fixing =

the mountroot code.  All the loader does is read /etc/fstab and pass in =

the entry for /.  It's up to the kernel to work it out from there, and =

that's where it's falling down.
-- =

\\  The mind's the standard       \\  Mike Smith
\\  of the man.                   \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\    -- Joseph Merrick           \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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