Subject: Re: LFS as root File-System.
To: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.3miasto.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/14/2001 05:07:47
> >
> > boot device: raid1
> > root on raid1a dumps on raid1b
> > root file system type: lfs
> >
> > I'm using the latest snapshot 20010526-1.5V and included GENERIC kernel
> > with raid enabled.
> > Of course the same volume with ffs on it works.
> > Is there any options on kernel or device parameter on LFS in order to
> > use it as root?
>
> LFS doesn't work too well in -current these days; especially mmap doesn't

i've installed LFS as root in 1.5.1 and kernel stand fine

but i have the same problem with utmp as in 1.5

like that:

 5:07AM  up 12 mins, 27 users, load averages: 3.61, 2.09, 1.16
USER  TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
       =C0  =F4                31Dec69     0 -
       =04  -                31Dec69     0 -
       =02  x                31Dec69     0 -
       =0C=01 4                Wed09AM     0 -
       ex =07                31Dec69     0 -
       =E1=0C NetBSD           31Dec69     0 -
       =16  -                31Dec69     0 -
       =04  =0E                31Dec69     0 -
       H=98 ,=98=04=08             06Apr74     0 -
       !  =0E                31Dec69     0 -
       =12  =11                09Jan70     0 -
       T  [                31Dec69     0 -
       =0C=98 \=86=04=08!            06Apr74     0 -
       =04  )                31Dec69     0 -
       "  "                07Jan70     0 -
       =A1  =A6                31Dec69     0 -
       =C0=98 =C0=98=04=08             06Apr74     0 -
       _O init             Mon10AM     0 -
wojtek p8 :0.0              5:06AM     0 w -n
       dd en               Tue10PM     0 -
       b: 8=98=04=08=07=05           06Apr74     0 -
       =07=08 =3D=10=98=04=08            19Jul70     0 -

does utmp is handled somewhat special?!