Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 23:04:23 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se> Cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys reboot.h src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c Message-ID: <199803090704.XAA13648@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 09 Mar 1998 07:41:54 %2B0100." <199803090641.HAA08109@ocean.campus.luth.se>
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> According to Mike Smith: > > > Also, on my other machine I have a SCSI disk for freebsd, and a IDE disk > > > for Win95. Computer boots from the ide, and then I use booteasy there to > > > boot from the SCSI disk. The SCSI disk is not "dangerously dedicated", > > > but it's just one big BSD slice. So... will I need "sd0s1a" on that, > > > or just "sd0a"? > > > > The changes I have made *only* affect the boot device. The remainder > > of the "compatability slice" implementation remains. > > > > Note, however, that when you move to DEVFS, there will not be any sd0[a-h] > > nodes *in* /dev/, so you wouldn't be able to mount them even if you > > wanted to. > > Ok, let's see if I got this right. :-) > > * Only the boot device is affected. ( even when boot != FreeBSD root ) The device which is passed to the kernel by the bootblocks, ie. the device from which the kernel is loaded, and from which the root filesystem will be loaded. If you are booting with the 'ask for root filesystem' flag, then you are expected to know what is involved. > * Above point is only effective until you start using DEVFS. The current situation more closely models what DEVFS will look like. > * Dedicated disks ARE affected by this change. > * "Dangerously dedicated" disks are NOT affected by this change. I don't use the "dangerously" term. A dedicated disk is one which is not sliced. Dedicated disks are not affected by this change. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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