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From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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> From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
> Date: Fri 25 Oct, 2002
> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_dis

> > As I've pointed out elsewhere, this hardwiring of partition numbers in
> > /etc/fstab has required me to reach for the fixit floppy more than once,
> > a problem which doesn't occur with the compatibility device names.
> 
> Not to detract from your main point but you can boot in
> single user, type in the root device name to get to a shell
> prompt and then edit /etc/fstab.

OK, so I was exaggerating...

But the second time it happened I took the slice references out of /etc/fstab
and never had the problem again.

		Cheers,

		Mark.

-- 
Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk>       <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>
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