Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:23:01 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the new config and booting Message-ID: <199905120823.KAA03627@peedub.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 May 1999 03:09:51 %2B0200." <199905120109.SAA02741@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith writes: >> I switched to the new config(8) today, where the ``config kernel root on..'' >> line is no longer tolerated in the config file. >> >> I now have to ``boot -r'' to avoid a `can't mount root' panic. This wasn't >> necessary before. >> >> I know I can probably put something into /boot/<mumble> to automate this. >> Just thought I'd report my (negative) experience. > >Can you tell us what it's trying to mount vs. what it should be >mounting? > >I'm in the process of rewriting parts of this code again to fix the >mess that's been made of it. I'm not sure I'll get all the way, but in >conjunction with some small changes in the loader it *should* make >problems like yours history. > Sorry, all I see is the panic message. As I wrote in another mail, the loader sees the floppy as DISK A and the SCSI disk as DISK B. But then again, it saw that before. Since I'm leaving shortly on a trip and won't be back for 2 weeks I won't be able to pursue this further. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - garyj@muc.de Work - garyj@fkr.dec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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