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From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: kern/53938: MFS_ROOT doesn't work 
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The following reply was made to PR kern/53938; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
To: alarson@switchanddata.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/53938: MFS_ROOT doesn't work 
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 01:42:14 +0100

 In message <200306302136.OAA40948@ground0.paix.net>, Alan Larson writes:
 >>Description:
 >
 >	MFS_ROOT doesn't work.
 >
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 >
 >	Build MFS_ROOT system, include MFS_ROOT_SIZE and root image.
 >	Attempt to boot it.
 
 Try adding
 
 	pseudo-device	md
 
 to your kernel config; support for compiled-in root filesystems was
 moved into the md driver some time ago. You may also want to use
 the MD_ROOT and MD_ROOT_SIZE options instead of the MFS ones that
 are only present for compatibility.
 
 Ian