From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 6 13:49:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA12455 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:49:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA12448 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:49:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00496; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:22:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199901062122.NAA00496@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" cc: "Larry S. Marso" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bootblocks: once or each time? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 06 Jan 1999 12:24:42 CST." <019f01be39a1$dc9eb8e0$236319ac@w142844.carlson.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 13:22:20 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I am curious to know if the new boot blocks will mount root correctly or > rather, will it try to mount the correct root. It seemed to ignore rootdev > before and always subtracted one or from currdev (or simply default to > disk1s1a). The new bootblocks don't mount anything. The loader sets $rootdev, but the kernel doesn't currently do anything with it. As has been explained here before in excruciating detail, the problem is quite difficult to solve "properly", and it also looks like the current partial solutions aren't enough for people with weird setups. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message