On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 04:21:15PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> > > > I thought rootdev was fixed a long time back. If it's not, please tell
> > > > me and I'll fix it again. 8)
> > >
> > > Alright I finally got around testing this with a later kern.flp
> > > (3.3-R actually), and it still didn't work. ...
> >
> > Well i played with this once more yesterday and now i know what was
> > wrong: Unlike currdev, rootdev needs a `:' at the end... So either
> > I'm blind or the manpage needs fixing. :)
>
> The manpage is probably wrong. $rootdev is obsolete and will be removed
> for 4.x (if I remember).
>
> > I also actually started making that FAQ entry (yeah!), and then
> > wondered if you could also make an automagic boot floppy for a root
> > disk that is entirely invisible to the BIOS, like when its on a
> > BIOS-less (but otherwise supported) SCSI controller. I didn't find
> > a way to do it with the original (-stable) loader, but when i made
> > this patch,
>
> 4.x does this differently (better) by passing in a complete identifier.
> I need to update the online help and manpage for it.
Ah, but that does need changes in the kernel right? The way i did
it should even work with an old 2.x kernel, you just have to put it
on the floppy...
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