Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 19:44:16 -0700 (MST) From: allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: mburgett@awen.com, rkw@dataplex.net Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATTENTION: Call for opinion re: root device naming change Message-ID: <199803180244.TAA14410@const.> In-Reply-To: <l03130303b134479e4d80@[208.2.87.4]>
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> At the present time, no one has told me, much less automated, a > reasonable way to do this for all the existing cases. There is no reasonable way to automate it; this isn't a 'plug-and-pray' operating system. Leave that to Microsoft. Earlier I advocated the inclusion of a function to warn the user of potential problems with their existing fstab. I understand the need to avoid ad-hoc changes that deviate from the norm and I realize that there appears to be no 'clean' way to warn and instruct the user as to how this is resolved. It doesn't help that informed, experienced administrators are repelled by such an idea. However, if the desire to avoid such arbitrary warts is allowed to prevent it, then the non-stop onslaught of 'HELP ME!!!' posts you will savor as a direct result of this for at least the next year can only be characterized as well deserved. You have the chance to avoid this now. Compromise and put it in. Life is short. I would suggest that the install target in the kernel Makefile might be the best place for this. Detect the obsolete fstab, emit a warning and direct the operator to read the appropriate documentation. Ignoring such a warning is unforgivable pilot error. Allen Campbell allenc@verinet.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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