Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 12:05:19 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss@subatomix.com> Cc: freebsd-small <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (Probably a) dumb question Message-ID: <200005191905.MAA09342@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 May 2000 13:55:41 CDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005191348120.5827-100000@lepton.subatomix.com>
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> > > 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. How can I best express my vexation at the lack of information in this report? Particularly, how can I phrase my irritation so that you give me more information, in the perhaps-vain hope that since I wrote the code in question, I might well be able to fix it? -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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