On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 02:10:50PM -0400, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
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> From: 03/16/2001 11:13:40
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> Hi!
> 
> I would like to know why the kernel forces the single-user flag for init
> if root is on a memory disk?

Probably because there's usually no /etc/rc nor getty on memory disks and we
want a shell anyway

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> How exactly does this work?  All the INSTALL kernels are the same, and 
> they load right into sysinst without a prompt.
> 
> PS. md_root.c::md_open_hook() has been moved to src/sys/dev/md_root.c

note that you can override MEMORY_RBFLAGS in your kernel config file.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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