Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:27:51 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/alpha/libalpha bootinfo.c src/sys/boot/common boot.c bootstrap.h src/sys/boot/i386/libi386 bootinfo.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907210927180.58023-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199907210008.RAA91598@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > msmith 1999/07/20 17:08:55 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/boot/alpha/libalpha bootinfo.c > sys/boot/common boot.c bootstrap.h > sys/boot/i386/libi386 bootinfo.c > Log: > Walk around the end of all the silly guessing of device types and unit > numbers that we have been doing in the past, and read /etc/fstab off the > proposed root filesystem to determine the actual device name and vfs > type for the root filesystem. These are then exported to the kernel > via the environment variable vfs.root.mountfrom. Thats a damn good idea (reading /etc/fstab). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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