Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 16:40:42 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrade documentation (Was: Re: Make world error on -current elf) Message-ID: <199809302340.QAA04141@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 Oct 1998 05:11:56 %2B0800." <199809302111.FAA14358@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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> Mike Smith wrote: > > > Incidently, I had to back out the /dev/sd0a <-> /dev/sd0s1a mount device > > > changes for / in /etc/fstab. I'm not sure how this works.. Will a 3.x > > > system deal with an old-style 'sd0a' or 'wd0a' line in /etc/fstab? > > > > Not if it's wrong. Entries in /etc/fstab must match the actual layout > > of the disk. > > > > It sounds like you may not be getting the correct slice number in from > > your bootstrap. > > The kernel didn't look at the slice number back in Jan 28.. :-) In order > to boot my Jan28 kernel, I had to back out the fstab sd0s1a change. You'd be better hacking getmntent() to check the kernel revision and open an alternative filesystem database, just to keep your kernel diffs down. 8) -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message
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