Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:34:23 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Herdman <andrew@whine.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *HEADS UP* Important change warning. (short version) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980309113327.28823A-100000@why> In-Reply-To: <199803090249.SAA12520@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike; Does this mean that we will now be able to have more than 1 bootable freebsd slice per drive using Booteasy? Andrew On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > >A change will shortly be made to the 2.2.5-STABLE tree which will >change the way that the root filesystem is mounted at boot time. > >This only affects systems booting from sliced disks, ie. where FreeBSD >was installed so as to be compatible with other operating systems. > >Currently, the system mounts the root filesystem using the compatability >slice. This will be discontinued, and instead the correct slice will be >mounted. > >In order to deal with the change, mount has been updated to handle old >/etc/fstab files (ie. those that refer to the compatability slice for >the root filesystem). You must update mount before booting a new >kernel. > >If there is a mismatch between your /etc/fstab file and the mounted >root filesystem, mount will emit a warning diagnostic. The diagnostic >is harmless, and can be ignored if you require the ability to boot >older kernels. > >-- >\\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith >\\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au >\\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org >\\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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