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Date:      Sun, 08 Mar 1998 07:18:50 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys reboot.h src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c 
Message-ID:  <199803081518.HAA10644@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 08 Mar 1998 07:06:58 PST." <199803081506.HAA06931@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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>   Modified files:
>     sys/i386/i386        autoconf.c 
>   Log:
>   Construct the minor number for the root device taking into account the
>   slice number passed in by the bootblocks.  This means the kernel will
>   not use the compatability slice to obtain the root filesystem when
>   booting from a sliced disk.

*WARNING*

If your boot disk is sliced (has a partition table), and you have not 
upgraded /sbin/mount to the most recent version preceeding this change, 
you will have problems booting.

This change means that if your current /etc/fstab looks like this:

/dev/xd0a	/	ufs	...
/dev/xd0s2e	/usr	ufs	...

you need to update it to look like:

/dev/xd0s2a	/	ufs	...
/dev/xd0s2e	/usr	ufs	...

Note that the root filesystem is now consistent with the others.  If 
you are using a 'dedicated' disk, you will have entries like

/dev/xd0a	/	ufs	...
/dev/xd0e	/usr	ufs	...

and you should *not* change.

The recent update to /sbin/mount includes compatability support which 
will ease this transition. 

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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