Subject: Re: the undocumented FFS2 root trouble
To: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
From: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/25/2005 13:21:14
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, Martin Husemann wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 07:22:46AM +0000, Antonio Bravo wrote:
>> it could be nice to mention on the sparc page
>> (http://netbsd.org/Ports/sparc), that an FFS2 root isn't bootable.
>> People could spare much time when installing...
>
> True - and sorry to hear you wasted time trying.
>
> But the real error is that sysinst offers FFSv2 for the root partition
> (and I think there is a PR about it, and maybe it even got fixed post-2.x)
>
> Martin
> P.S.: The other correct fix is to create ffsv2 bootblocks.

 	But for now we should at least mention it in the sparc FAQ
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