From owner-freebsd-current Sun Mar 8 17:41:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17318 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 17:41:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA17292 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 17:40:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA19054 for ; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:10:53 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA10073 for FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:10:53 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980309100806.34950@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 10:08:07 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Subject: HEADS UP! (was: cvs commit: src/sys/sys reboot.h src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c) References: <199803081506.HAA06931@freefall.freebsd.org> <199803081518.HAA10644@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199803081518.HAA10644@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Mar 08, 1998 at 07:18:50AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 8 March 1998 at 7:18:50 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> Modified files: >> sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c >> Log: >> Construct the minor number for the root device taking into account the >> slice number passed in by the bootblocks. This means the kernel will >> not use the compatability slice to obtain the root filesystem when >> booting from a sliced disk. > > *WARNING* > > If your boot disk is sliced (has a partition table), and you have not > upgraded /sbin/mount to the most recent version preceeding this change, > you will have problems booting. > > This change means that if your current /etc/fstab looks like this: > > /dev/xd0a / ufs ... > /dev/xd0s2e /usr ufs ... > > you need to update it to look like: > > /dev/xd0s2a / ufs ... > /dev/xd0s2e /usr ufs ... > > Note that the root filesystem is now consistent with the others. If > you are using a 'dedicated' disk, you will have entries like > > /dev/xd0a / ufs ... > /dev/xd0e /usr ufs ... > > and you should *not* change. > > The recent update to /sbin/mount includes compatability support which > will ease this transition. I nearly missed this. Wouldn't a "heads up" have been a good idea? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message