Subject: Re: Incorrectly determined root partition in latest kernel
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 02/23/2000 16:31:53
On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Simon Burge wrote:

> FWIW, I've always used
> 
> 	boot -f rz()netbsd
> 
> on my 3100 and 5100 for kernel testing (less typing!) since the
> controller, device and partition all default to 0.  I haven't tried
> either of these machines since Toru's recent makebootdev() changes.

  That will fail with the latest changes.

  Are the forms of device specification allowed by Ultrix, and (more
importantly) do we want to still support them?

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
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Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA