Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:39:44 -0800 (PST) From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@aciri.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: how do i identify the boot device ? Message-ID: <200011302239.eAUMdi365007@iguana.aciri.org>
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A PicoBSD related question [Bcc to -small just in case] in RELENG_3, the "Filesystem" name associated to a memory disk would reflect the device it came from, so i had "fd0c" for an image loaded from floppy, and "wd0c" from a hard disk, etc. I used this feature to make a few scripts such as "rc" and "update" media-aware. In RELENG_4 this is apparently no longer true: a memory disk is seen as /dev/md0c and I have no idea how to get the info that was previously available. Knowing the boot device would suffice, but i don't see this in the sysctl variables either. Any hints ? cheers luigi ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Luigi RIZZO, luigi@iet.unipi.it . ACIRI/ICSI (on leave from Univ. di Pisa) http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ . 1947 Center St, Berkeley CA 94704 Phone: (510) 666 2927 ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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