Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 13:11:29 -0500 From: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! (was: cvs commit: src/sys/sys reboot.h src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c) Message-ID: <19980311131129.14004@ct.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <19980309100806.34950@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 10:08:07AM %2B1030 References: <199803081506.HAA06931@freefall.freebsd.org> <199803081518.HAA10644@dingo.cdrom.com> <19980309100806.34950@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey: |On Sun, 8 March 1998 at 7:18:50 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: |>> Construct the minor number for the root device taking into account the |>> slice number passed in by the bootblocks. This means the kernel will |>> not use the compatability slice to obtain the root filesystem when |>> booting from a sliced disk. ... |> /dev/xd0s2a / ufs ... |> /dev/xd0s2e /usr ufs ... |> |> Note that the root filesystem is now consistent with the others. If |> you are using a 'dedicated' disk, you will have entries like Great! Been looking forward to someday putting multiple FreeBSD versions on the same disk for a good while. With this batch of changes, can multiple FreeBSD versions now be installed pretty effortlessly to separate slices on the same disk, or are there other pieces out there (which depend on the 1st BSD root partition) that will need touched first? Thanks, Randall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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