In message <199905111939.vaa02...@peedub.muc.de>, Gary Jennejohn writes: >I switched to the new config(8) today, where the ``config kernel root on..'' >line is no longer tolerated in the config file. > >I now have to ``boot -r'' to avoid a `can't mount root' panic. This wasn't >necessary before. > >I know I can probably put something into /boot/<mumble> to automate this. >Just thought I'd report my (negative) experience.
What's your config ? It sounds like the boot code isn't telling the kernel the right thing... I belive it picks the bootmajor from the type field in the disklabel. (right Mike ?) So do you have a IDE/ATA disk labeled as SCSI by any chance ? -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member p...@freebsd.org "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
