re: amd64 kernel, i386 userland

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

> > i386 and amd64 do NOT have compatible /dev.  if you boot an amd64
> > kernel, make sure you run an amd64 MAKEDEV in /dev.
> 
> Yes, I noticed that. Fortunately, raidframe causes most of /etc/fstab to
> be shielded from that.

it does?

the biggest problem is that eg, i386 wd1a is amd64 wd0i and
i386 wd2a is amd64 wd1a.

ie, if you use anything beyond the first 8 partitions of the
first disk instance, the names in /dev don't match reality.
if you have more than one raid, you're in problem town.


.mrg.