On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 14:36:52 +0100 (MET) 
 Andreas Brusinsky <brusinsk@ibdr.inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote:

 > 
 > How can I advice/configure a kernel to boot from
 > say sd3a and swap to say sd0b without compiling it into the
 > kernel via 'root on .. swap on .. ..'?
 > 
 >  Currently the kernel asks me because there are some boot errors
 >  so I can type it in. But how could I specify it staticly?

You currently must compile this into the kernel, or boot a generic
kernel (root on ?) with RB_ASKNAME (-a on the hp300, for example).

There are some changes almost ready for prime-time that make all
swap dynamic, so this problem will be going away Real Soon Now.

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