> Subject: how to have generic root and non-generic swap?

> I have a spare root partition on SCSI ID 1 [...].  I don't have a
> swap partition on that drive, though, [...]

You don't say what port this is for.  I went and read the sparc port's
code for setting up root and swap, and the only way you can get what
you want there is to boot with -a, which prompts you for root and swap
device names.  Or, of course, configure a kernel with

	config netbsd root on sd1a swap on sd0b

though of course you'll have to reconfig/rebuild to get a kernel to use
on the real root when you're ready.

(Why the sparc port?  Simply because it's the one with which I'm most
familiar.)

					der Mouse

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