Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:23:52 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: possible mountroot regression Message-ID: <4E5E6018.8010801@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1A828073-1D5F-4850-9379-4AB62CF3DAE3@xcllnt.net> References: <4E580B14.7090208@FreeBSD.org> <1A828073-1D5F-4850-9379-4AB62CF3DAE3@xcllnt.net>
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on 27/08/2011 18:16 Marcel Moolenaar said the following:
> Maybe a good approach is to change to ".onfail retry"
> and extend the root mount prompt with a reboot command,
> so that the user/operator is does not have to worry
> about typos *and* don't have to trigger a panic just
> so that he/she can initiate a reboot.
>
> Thoughts?
Perhaps...
Just reporting what happens if .onfail panic is changed to .onfail retry.
- if a mounting of a manually entered fs fails, then a value in vfs.mountroot.from
would be retried before presenting the prompt again
- the above happens regardless of whether -a option was given or mounting of
${vfs.mountroot.from} failed
- there is no way of the prompt (as you noted above) - previously an empty input
was the way out
So, even if .onfail retry is an improvement comparing to .onfail panic, it's still
a regression comparing to the previous behavior.
--
Andriy Gapon
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