From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 8 19:29:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA11192 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 19:29:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fledge.watson.org (root@FLEDGE.RES.CMU.EDU [128.2.91.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA11124 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 19:29:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@cyrus.watson.org) Received: from trojanhorse.pr.watson.org (trojanhorse.pr.watson.org [192.0.2.10]) by fledge.watson.org (8.8.8/8.6.10) with SMTP id WAA08113; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 22:18:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 22:18:57 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@trojanhorse.pr.watson.org Reply-To: Robert Watson To: Mike Smith cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *HEADS UP* Important change warning. (short version) In-Reply-To: <199803090249.SAA12520@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Mike, When can we expect this change to appear in the -stable branch? I would like to upgrade my stable systems to right before that change (I was mid cvsup when I read your email) and then bring the change up on a test machine first. Thanks, Robert Watson On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > A change will shortly be made to the 2.2.5-STABLE tree which will > change the way that the root filesystem is mounted at boot time. > > This only affects systems booting from sliced disks, ie. where FreeBSD > was installed so as to be compatible with other operating systems. > > Currently, the system mounts the root filesystem using the compatability > slice. This will be discontinued, and instead the correct slice will be > mounted. > > In order to deal with the change, mount has been updated to handle old > /etc/fstab files (ie. those that refer to the compatability slice for > the root filesystem). You must update mount before booting a new > kernel. > > If there is a mismatch between your /etc/fstab file and the mounted > root filesystem, mount will emit a warning diagnostic. The diagnostic > is harmless, and can be ignored if you require the ability to boot > older kernels. > > -- > \\ 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-stable" in the body of the message > Robert N Watson Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message