Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 09:26:14 +1000 (EST) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: Doug@gorean.org (Doug) Cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.8 - can't mount root Message-ID: <199909062326.JAA28303@cheops.anu.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <37D3FF1C.662B7493@gorean.org> from "Doug" at Sep 6, 99 10:51:24 am
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In some mail from Doug, sie said: > > Darren Reed wrote: > > > > Is there a way to get FreeBSD 2.2.8 to ask you for the root device > > rather than have it attempt to mount and fail ? > > The 3.x branch is a lot smarter about this, but I agree that it would be > nice in those situations where it still can't find it to stop and ask > rather than just panic(). Does FreeBSD yet have a kernel boot "-a" option where it asks things like where is the root partition, what filesystem type is it, etc ? Darren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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