From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 4 04:51:19 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id EAA28202 for current-outgoing; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 04:51:19 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA28196; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 04:51:01 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA10031; Sat, 4 Mar 1995 14:50:40 +0200 Message-Id: <199503041250.OAA10031@grunt.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grunt.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Bruce Evans cc: current@FreeBSD.org, mark@grunt.grondar.za Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 14:50:40 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi How would those of us still using the 'old system' (non-sliced) change over without burning our disks? (changing fstab is easy enough, I just need to know what to bung in the kernel, and how to reboot with the new system etc..) Thanks! > bde 95/03/04 04:22:16 > > Modified: etc/etc.i386 MAKEDEV > Log: > For sd, vn and wd: > > Support sliced devices better. E.g.: > `sh MAKEDEV sd0' creates [r]sd0 and [r]sd0s[1-4] as well as [r]sd0[a-h] > (the extra devices created by default won't hurt apart from wasting inodes)