Subject: Re: @booted_kernel magic symlink?
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/27/2006 00:42:31
>> Have you actually tried mounting /kern/rootdev on /, or have you
>> just assumed that because ls -l shows EBADF, it won't work?
> i just booted a fairly -current kernel on my ultra60 and got:
> # mount /kern
> # mount -u /kern/rootdev /
> mount: cannot open `/kern/rootdev': Bad file descriptor
> # mount -u /
> # mount -u /kern/rootdev /
> #
Bummer. I guess someone has managed to introduce a nontrivial
functionality lose (as compared to 1.4T).
Oh well. I figured it was worth mentioning.
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