Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 22:32:25 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, geoffr@is.co.za, brian@pobox.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATA - Trouble mounting secondary master Message-ID: <476.935267545@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:14:43 PDT." <199908212014.NAA00959@dingo.cdrom.com>
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In message <199908212014.NAA00959@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith writes: >> 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. Excuse me! I fixed boot -a, and you came rushing in and said that the boot code could use the same thing, so obviously I expected you to do that, since the boot code is your baby... I don't even know where to look for the cookies left by the bootcode... -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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