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Date:      Mon, 05 Oct 1998 07:02:44 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
Cc:        "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP! [was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c] 
Message-ID:  <199810051402.HAA11211@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Oct 1998 13:54:10 %2B0200." <19981005135410.35542@follo.net> 

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>On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 04:28:27AM -0700, David E. O'Brien wrote:
>> obrien      1998/10/05 04:28:27 PDT
>> 
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/i386/i386        autoconf.c 
>>   Log:
>>   Now require *FS_ROOT to enable the ability to mount a *FS /.
>>   Previously one could config(8) a kernel that would not link.
>>   
>>   Revision  Changes    Path
>>   1.107     +16 -6     src/sys/i386/i386/autoconf.c
>
>WARNING! WARNING!
>
>If your kernel config file is from before February 1998, you must add
>in the appropriate 'options xFS_ROOT' to be able to mount your root.
>Ie, if you don't have 'options FFS_ROOT' in your kernel config, you
>most likely want to add it.  You've been covered by compatibility code
>up to now; that code is now gone.

   This is an improvement? It doesn't sound like it to me.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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