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Date:      Tue, 9 Dec 1997 23:40:29 +0100 (MET)
From:      j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bootloader/kernel ignores "-a" flag...
Message-ID:  <199712092240.XAA04562@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199712031706.EAA03912@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
References:  <199712031706.EAA03912@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> wrote:

> -a only works with "config	kernel	swap on generic" in the
> kernel config file.  This should be the default, but it breaks
> "root on ...".  It has nothing to do with swap.

What is the "root on ..." stuff required for in GENERIC?  I'm
wondering all the time why the line in GENERIC doesn't read just

	config	kernel swap generic

Perhaps config's syntax rules should be changed so to allow

	config	kernel generic

instead.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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