Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 16:21:15 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: loader hacks (was: Re: easyboot far into disk) Message-ID: <199912130021.QAA04346@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 12 Dec 1999 15:59:32 %2B0100." <19991212155932.A1107@saturn.kn-bremen.de>
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> > > I thought rootdev was fixed a long time back. If it's not, please tell > > > me and I'll fix it again. 8) > > > > Alright I finally got around testing this with a later kern.flp > > (3.3-R actually), and it still didn't work. ... > > Well i played with this once more yesterday and now i know what was > wrong: Unlike currdev, rootdev needs a `:' at the end... So either > I'm blind or the manpage needs fixing. :) The manpage is probably wrong. $rootdev is obsolete and will be removed for 4.x (if I remember). > I also actually started making that FAQ entry (yeah!), and then > wondered if you could also make an automagic boot floppy for a root > disk that is entirely invisible to the BIOS, like when its on a > BIOS-less (but otherwise supported) SCSI controller. I didn't find > a way to do it with the original (-stable) loader, but when i made > this patch, 4.x does this differently (better) by passing in a complete identifier. I need to update the online help and manpage for it. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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