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Date:      Fri, 15 Jun 2001 04:37:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jan Conrad <conrad@th.physik.uni-bonn.de>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   i386/28172: No device /dev/wd0s1a present by default, but kernel uses it as a fallback
Message-ID:  <200106151137.f5FBb3D57468@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         28172
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       No device /dev/wd0s1a present by default, but kernel uses it as a fallback
>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:   Fri Jun 15 04:40:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jan Conrad
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.3R
>Organization:
Univ. Bonn, Germany
>Environment:
FreeBSD wigner.th.physik.uni-bonn.de 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #1: Thu May 24 18:01:27 CEST 2001     conrad@merlin.th.physik.uni-bonn.de:/freebsd/misc/src/sys/compile/MERLIN  i386
>Description:
In some cases, for instance if your /etc/fstab is corrupted, the 4.3R
kernel mounts / as wd0a for IDE drives. However, there is no device
to remount root to rw (/dev/wd0a does not work, /dev/wd0s1a is not present)

This is only a small thing, but since nowadays the boot device on IDE
depends on the hardware (ad0 or ad4), this might be a problem for many people

>How-To-Repeat:
delete fstab, reboot :-)
>Fix:
Either include /dev/wd0s1a by default
or make the kernel mount using the ad driver if fstab is present
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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