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Date:      Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:42:51 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: newfs and mount vs. half-baked disks
Message-ID:  <20031113064251.GB39616@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <32963.1068627374@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <20031108191433.J608@gamplex.bde.org> <32963.1068627374@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 09:56:14AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>It might not be a bad idea to store the relevant magics in a
>/etc/ufs.conf file, but there are some details about device vs.
>media/filesystem identification in particular in context of dynanic
>devices to that must be worked out.

How do you handle the situation when the master superblock on / is
hosed and you need to find the filesystem parameters (in
/etc/ufs.conf) before you can access /?

If the BSD-style disklabels are going away, at least the root
parameters need to be in the boot blocks or somewhere similar.

Peter



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