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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: julian@whistle.com, luoqi@watermarkgroup.com
Subject: Re:  softupdates on root file system ?
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>incidently the ROOTSLICE_HUNT probably needs to be in fro about 2 years
>from previous experience of weaning people off old stuff.

Working compatibility code needs to be in "forever", but ROOTSLICE_HUNT
doesn't actually work (it leaves fsck broken).

>> You must have a 'dangerously dedicated disk', right? Go to /usr/src/sbin/mount,
>> comment out the -DROOTSLICE_HUNT option in Makefile, make clean install,

Maybe not.  The root device for a "d.d." disk can not have a slice component
if it works at all, and ROOTSLICE_HUNT only affects device names with a
slice component.

Bruce

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