From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Mar 17 06:38:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA21456 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 06:38:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA21447 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 06:38:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [194.198.43.36]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA05192; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:38:38 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) id PAA08382; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:38:37 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980317153836.54331@follo.net> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:38:36 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Richard Wackerbarth , Scot Elliott Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: ATTENTION: Call for opinion re: root device naming change References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Richard Wackerbarth on Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 08:05:25AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 08:05:25AM -0600, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > At 7:30 AM -0600 3/17/98, Scot Elliott wrote: > >So I had to give up and revert to 2.2.5-STABLE.. The machine's miles > >away so it's kind of hard to test these things. Anyone got any ideas? > > Keep "hammering" on Mike Smith. His changes caused the problem. > I fear that he will view the early "it's great" comments as approval. I have voiced in favour of keeping the change, provided (1) We're _certain_ there isn't any more patological cases (2) We can put up big, prominent signs warning about updating only the kernel. The slice system is hairy enough for a beginner no matter what; removing the special casing for the root partition would be good. But only if it really remove the special casing, so the user can just think of a slice as a slice. > However, the sample is EXTREMELY BIASED toward individuals who closely > track things. If this change gets into the distribution, I expect there > to be a significant number of users who get "bitten" by the same situation. > And they don't even know that this discussion is taking place. Aye! They must be taken care of. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message