Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 16:10:34 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_conf.c Message-ID: <199803110010.QAA06565@freefall.freebsd.org>
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msmith 1998/03/10 16:10:33 PST
Modified files:
sys/kern vfs_conf.c
Log:
If the root mount fails from a device that is not the compatability slice
of a disk, because that slice does not exist, try again mounting from the
compatability slice.
This handles the case where a disk has been initialised by 'disklabel
auto', which places a bogus and invalid slice entry on the disk.
The bootstrap is not smart enough to reject this slice, and pretends to
boot from it. Believing the the bootstrap at this point is unwise.
Booting from non-'wd' disks thus prepared is still broken, as
'disklabel -rwB xdN auto' does not initialise the disk type field, and
the bootstrap mistakenly claims that the disk is handled by 'wd'.
Behaviour is now consistent with DEVFS expected characteristics.
Revision Changes Path
1.22 +13 -1 src/sys/kern/vfs_conf.c
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