From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Mar 14 08:36:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA28346 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 08:36:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from helios.dnttm.ru (root@dnttm-gw.rssi.ru [193.232.0.205]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA28328 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 08:36:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by helios.dnttm.ru (8.8.5/8.8.5/IP-3) with UUCP id TAA21959; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:28:18 +0300 Received: from tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA01024; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:25:37 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru) Message-Id: <199803141625.TAA01024@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 To: Mike Smith cc: obrien@NUXI.com, Bruce Evans , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *HEADS UP* Correction to previous postings. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 13 Mar 1998 23:10:22 PST." <199803140710.XAA03635@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:25:37 +0300 From: Dmitrij Tejblum Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Mike Smith wrote: > You never had a choice, other than due to bogsity in the kernel. All > that's happened is that the illusion of choice has been removed. It's > no longer mandatory (or supported) to abuse the compatability slice > when mounting the root filesystem. But now I still can mount /usr both as wd1s1f and as wd1f. Root is the only filesystem that I must mount as wd1s1a (and cannot as wd1a). So, previous behavior was, probably, more consistent (from user's point of view). Good luck. Dima To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message