Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 13:55:41 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss@subatomix.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-small <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (Probably a) dumb question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005191348120.5827-100000@lepton.subatomix.com> In-Reply-To: <200005191818.LAA09123@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, 19 May 2000, Mike Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 17 May 2000, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote: > > > > > > So the basic problem is that the kernel isn't choosing > > > fla0s1a as the root device. > > > > Well, I've just found that I can work around it by using the third > > stage loader; I was previously trying to boot directly from boot2. I > > guess boot2 is just too dumb to do the job. It's a shame, because > > loader is a waste of space (IMHO) for many small FreeBSD applications. > > You're right, it is. You're aware that you can compile in a root path > name? > > options ROOTDEVNAME=ufs:fla0s1a I tried that. Mine looked like options ROOTDEVNAME=\"fla0s1a\" (using LINT as a guide). However, it didn't work as advertised. Passing the -r switch via boot2 did not cause the kernel to use its compiled-in root device name. =============================== Jeffrey S. Sharp (XorAxAx) jss@subatomix.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.12 GCS/IT/MU d-@ s-:+ a21 C++(++++) UBL+(+++$)> P L+(+++$)> E+> W++ N+(++) o? K? w++$> !O M(-) !V PS+ PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+ R(+) tv+ b+ DI++(+++) G++ e> h--- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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