On Sat, 11 Feb 1995, Paul Kranenburg wrote:

> > Should a swap generic kernel work?
> At the very least the GENERIC config file and `config swap generic' are
> not as generic as you'd want them to be. My advise is not to use them
> until they get fixed.
> 
	Thanks :) - so if I want to change boot devices I need to make
	a new kernel (Or switch drive IDs :)?
> 
> > 		Then tried the 'correct' 'root on sd1 swap on sd1' and now
> > 		it hangs after 'Found boot device sd1' with
> > 		'WARNING: preposterous time in filesystem'
> > 		'WARNING: clock lost 7851 days -- ...'
> 
> This is not to be expected on a freshly newfs'ed filesystem. Did you run
> fsck after this or looked at the output of `dumpfs /dev/rsd10'? How did
> you label the disk?
> 
	I partitioned it under SunOS Miniroot, then newfs'd under -current
	(root with -O), and it fsck'ed clean. Then did a 'make distribution'
	onto it, copied over a kernel & boot, then install_boot under
	miniroot & it fsck'ed clean again.

	Can mount & wander around it fine if I boot off another disk...


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