From owner-freebsd-small Mon Jun 11 18:11:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh.jetcafe.org [205.147.43.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23EA137B405; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:11:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA10458; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:11:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200106120111.SAA10458@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with version: MH 6.8.4 #1[UCI] To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why does fsck try to fsck a CDROM? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:11:22 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Julian Stacey writes: > Maybe it comes from the /etc/fstab that is unpacked into ram disc, > that is extracted from the 2.88M boot floppy, that is part of a > bootable CD ? I checked this, boot.flp contains the stuff under /boot and kernel.gz and that's it. Interestingly enough, this doesn't happen on every machine. *shrug* > ( BTW if you'r going to get into questions around bootable cdroms > etc, it's a frequent area of interest on freebsd-small@freebsd.org ) Some of this is boot time RC file stuff as well, which affects all FreeBSDs, which is -hackers as well I'd think. I'll CC it. ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< "I'll have you hanged, if you don't prove that you are a mystic." said a cruel and ignorant king who had heard of Nasrudin's powers. "I see strange things," said Nasrudin at once. "A golden bird in the sky, demons under the earth." The king asked "But how can you see through solid objects? How can you see far into the sky?" Nasrudin replied, "Fear is all you need." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message