Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:09:10 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru Cc: bde@zeta.org.au, mike@smith.net.au, obrien@NUXI.com, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *HEADS UP* Correction to previous postings. Message-ID: <199803150309.OAA22977@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> But now I still can mount /usr both as wd1s1f and as wd1f. Root is the
>> only filesystem that I must mount as wd1s1a (and cannot as wd1a). So,
>> previous behavior was, probably, more consistent (from user's point of
>> view).
>>
>Oops, apparently, this is not all true. Apparently, root is always was only
>filesystem (here) that accepted only one way of mounting, and now, with
>new mount, I have two way for mounting root (though one of them cause the
>warning). So, new behavior is more consistent. Sorry.
Not quite true. It was and is possible to mount root as wd1a by booting
with -r ("config kernel root on wd1") or -a ("config kernel swap on
generic"). "root on wd1s<any>[a-h]" should also work. -a only supports
slice = compatbility slice, partition = 'a'.
Bruce
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