Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 08:49:06 -0600 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: ATTENTION: Call for opinion re: root device naming change Message-ID: <l03130302b1343c3ea1b7@[208.2.87.4]> In-Reply-To: <19980317153836.54331@follo.net> References: <l03130301b13431a824a3@[208.2.87.4]>; from Richard Wackerbarth on Tue, Mar 17, 1998 at 08:05:25AM -0600 <l03130300b13423dde761@[208.2.87.4]> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980317131715.1771A-100000@daffy.online.barbour-index.co.uk> <l03130301b13431a824a3@[208.2.87.4]>
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At 8:38 AM -0600 3/17/98, Eivind Eklund wrote: >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 AFAIK, there is not yet a "fix" for the situation that I (and others) have. I can work around the problem by formatting a new disk and moving all the files (note that dd will not work here) However, I worry about the "masses" who are not as able to do so. It is my personal opinion that these changes have no business in the 2.2 branch unless there is a reasonable upgrade path for EVERYONE who is already on 2.2.x. If we go to 2.3, or when we go to 3.0, then that is a different matter. Stiil, in either case, we need a test script to run before the upgrade that tells the user what to do to upgrade. >> And they don't even know that this discussion is taking place. > >Aye! They must be taken care of. AMEN! Richard Wackerbarth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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