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Date:      Fri, 10 Mar 2000 14:49:45 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: single user mode problem 
Message-ID:  <200003102249.OAA00634@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:21:15 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003101111020.2097-100000@mammalia.sea> 

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> > 
> > Regardless, this is typically syptomatic of either a very old 
> > /boot/loader, non-use of the loader eg. through a /boot.config file, or
> > an error in the entry for / in /etc/fstab.
> > 
> 
> Isn't /boot/loader updated upon making a new world?  If so, it ought to be
> current.  I don't know any way of finding out since it's a binary file.

That's correct.  If the loader is run, there is no way for 'wd' to become 
involved in the process unless a disk error occurs reading from the 'ad' 
driver.


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\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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