Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 22:49:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Alok K. Dhir" <adhir@worldbank.org> To: ade@lovett.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Minor root device oddity Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980309224744.2105A-100000@shadow.worldbank.org> In-Reply-To: <286DB07EE20512FD852565C300134F72.00122E78852565C3@worldbank.org>
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Similarly, my machine, whose root file system is on sd0s2a, claims "changing root device to sd0s3a" during boot. I suspect someone's code is simply off by 1... Machine works fine, and "mount" correctly reflects the mounted partition. My machine was also built today... Al On Mon, 9 Mar 1998 ade@lovett.com wrote: > > > > After a power failure (long story, don't ask :), I ended up having to > rebuild my -current box this evening - last cvsup was at 0300 CST 03/09 > > On bootup, I see: > > ... > changing root device to wd0s2a > ... > > Which is kinda odd, since I don't actually have a slice 2 :) > > gorgon # fdisk wd0 > ... > The data for partition 1 is: > sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) > ... > The data for partition 2 is: > <UNUSED> > The data for partition 3 is: > <UNUSED> > The data for partition 4 is: > <UNUSED> > > /etc/fstab references (correctly) wd0s1[ab] for mondo-large partition > and swap respectively, and the system appears to be working fine.. > > gorgon # df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/wd0s1a 6376860 331579 5535133 6% / > procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc > ... > > So why is there this boot message reference to slice 2? > > Confused. > -aDe > > -- > Ade Lovett. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- \||/_ Alok K. Dhir Phone: +1.202.473.2446 oo \ R7-003, ITSMC Email: adhir@worldbank.org L_ The World Bank Group Washington, DC \/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Unix _is_ user friendly - it just chooses friends selectively..." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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