Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:42:49 -0400 From: Brian Dean <bsd@bsdhome.com> To: Makoto MATSUSHITA <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Failed using CD-ROM as root filesystem Message-ID: <20010419154249.A26622@vger.bsdhome.com> In-Reply-To: <20010416132724H.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>; from matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 01:27:24PM %2B0900 References: <20010416132724H.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 01:27:24PM +0900, Makoto MATSUSHITA wrote: > I've tried to use (bootable) CD-ROM as root filesystem (I want have > this because it's good alternative of fixit.flp), but it seems that > GENERIC kernel doesn't understand where is root filesystem. > > What I did are: > [ procedure deleted ] > > It seems that something goes wrong in setrootbyname(). Any clues? > > P.S.: I've also tried with 4-stable kernel, and it goes pretty well. I've been doing something similar with the latest code in -stable and have got it working very well. My purposes are varied, but I'm mainly experimenting with setting up a cd-rom based firewall device using a more traditional layout as opposed to the picobsd methods. -Brian -- Brian Dean bsd@FreeBSD.org bsd@bsdhome.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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