From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Feb 6 17:22:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01E4E3E91 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2000 17:22:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from 209-122-223-5.s5.tnt3.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.223.5] helo=eden-hda7.local) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 12HctH-0007j6-00 for freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org; Sun, 6 Feb 2000 20:22:59 -0500 Received: from jeff by eden-hda7.local with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 12HctF-00034N-00 for ; Sun, 06 Feb 2000 20:22:57 -0500 From: Jeff Sheinberg Message-ID: <14494.7793.287748.129507@eden-hda7.local> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 20:22:57 -0500 (EST) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Cannot specify root device when booting 3.4-RELEASE X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under Emacs 19.34.1 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, I recently noticed that one cannot specify the root device when booting the FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE kernel. Yes, I tried the `-a' option from both the 2nd & 3rd stage boot loaders. And yes, similarly, the `-v' option worked ok. Thanks, -- Jeff Sheinberg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message