Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 05:09:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net (Jaye Mathisen) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there a way to prompt for boot device? Message-ID: <199709200509.WAA17597@usr02.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970919174919.20260V-100000@mail.cdsnet.net> from "Jaye Mathisen" at Sep 19, 97 05:50:37 pm
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> ie, my kernel might have sd8 as the root device, but for other reasons, > when I boot, I might want sd0 as the root device. > > I thought the -r or -a options would do it, but that's not quite what I > expected. I've always though the "last mounted" timestamp should be considered for determining which device is root (along with the "last mounted on" directory stored in the superblock). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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