Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 18:44:59 -0700 (PDT) From: moscoso@ene.unb.br To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/18928: options ROOTDENAME=xxx on kernel config file does not work as intended Message-ID: <20000601014459.84FB137BF60@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 18928 >Category: kern >Synopsis: options ROOTDENAME=xxx on kernel config file does not work as intended >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed May 31 18:50:00 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Eduardo Moscoso Rubino >Release: 4 stable >Organization: Universidade de Brasilia >Environment: >Description: setting options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:da0a\" on my kernel config file so that whenever I boot with kernel -r the kernel should use that as the root file system dos not work. >How-To-Repeat: Insert options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:da0a\" on the kernel config file, config a new kernel, compile and install it. On reboot (second stage boot loader) type kernel -r at the boot prompt and the kernel should use da0a as the root file system. Instead, it will prompt you for the root file system name. The reason is that the ROOTDEVNAME options file is not being included in the (I can't remeber the file name. grep for ROOTDEVNAME in /sys/kern/*) >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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