Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:09:38 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ugly panic in mountroot prompt Message-ID: <20030519090747.E93323-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3EC805CE.6070601@acm.org>
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On Sun, 18 May 2003, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> Martin Blapp wrote:
>
> > If one does type "Enter" or nonsense in the mountroot prompt,
>
> > the system panics instantly. That's enoying.
>
>
> Haven't tried -CURRENT, but on -STABLE, even if
> you type the right thing, it doesn't work.
> Try moving a bootable ad0 disk to ad2 or
> ad4 and note that nothing you type into
> the mountroot prompt will actually mount
> root.
>
Same on -current. Even typing `?` will panic.
Workaround:
OK set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:ad2s1a"
OK boot
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:{ andyf@speednet.com.au
Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/
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