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To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:02:45 +0100
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Subject: Re: problems with sys/dev/md/md.c 1.108 and preloaded images 
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In message <20031212065408.A34028@xorpc.icir.org>, Luigi Rizzo writes:
>Poul,
>rev.1.108 of sys/dev/md/md.c somehow prevents proper booting of
>picobsd images -- i am seeing that over etherboot, but i believe
>it also happens with floppy based kernels.

You'll need to instrument md.c and see what exactly happens, I am
unable to work on this problem right now.

1.108 was specifically an attempt to make md.c do the right thing
and it worked for me as a root device when I tried it in my lab.

Suggest you litter printfs in md_drvinit() and boot with '-v' for
starters


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