Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:11:32 -0800 From: Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?V=E1clav?= Haisman <v.haisman@sh.cvut.cz> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting / using /dev/ufs/name Message-ID: <1231956692.80624.1.camel@jill.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <496E282A.5070004@sh.cvut.cz> References: <496E282A.5070004@sh.cvut.cz>
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On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 19:00 +0100, V=E1clav Haisman wrote: > Hi, > I tried to mount root slice using the device nodes provided in /dev/ufs > directory. It works fine for other slices but not for the root slice. If = I > try it I get prompt asking for root slice at boot time. It this not possi= ble > at all or am I doing something wrong? If you don't have geom_label built into the kernel it's a chicken-egg problem. Even if you do, early startup almost certainly doesn't have devfs available yet. --=20 Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/ http://www.zazzle.com/fmayhar*
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