On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Václav Haisman <v.hais...@sh.cvut.cz> wrote: > Hi, > I tried to mount root slice using the device nodes provided in /dev/ufs > directory. It works fine for other slices but not for the root slice. If I > try it I get prompt asking for root slice at boot time. It this not possible > at all or am I doing something wrong?
You should add vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:ufs/whatever" to /boot/loader.conf This will short circuit the bootloader's attempts to resolve it from the rootdev:/etc/fstab entry for /, which, occasionally, will be unable to deal with an fstab with an otherwise legal ufs label. I noticed it a few years ago when I moved every machine I had to using geom_label to find the root device, but I was unable to find the source of the bug in the code (src/sys/boot/common/boot.c, the getrootmount routine). _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
