I am running NetBSD 9.0_Stable. Is there a new ver out?
On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 2:21 PM Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On 28/09/2020 09:47, Jordan Geoghegan wrote: > > > > > > On 2020-09-27 18:23, Jordan Geoghegan wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 2020-09-27 16:37, Todd Gruhn wrote: > >>> I recabled the SSD and mechanical hard drives. > >>> > >>> When I start NetBSD from the boot menu, NetBSD gets to the end and > >>> gives this > >>> message: > >>> > >>> Starting root file system check: > >>> fsck: no match for 'wd0a': No such process > >>> Automatic file system check failed, help! > >>> > >>> Its just cabling. Is there a difference between SCSI and SATA that I > >>> dont know about? > >> > >> Isn't this why duids exist? I'm not sure about NetBSD, but in OpenBSD > >> land, /etc/fstab should reference drives based on their duid rather > >> than raw device number to avoid scenarios exactly like this. > > > > I found this snippet in some NetBSD documentation: > > > > "You will the be asked if you want to use DUID notation in > > /etc/fstab, instead of traditional device names. You are strongly > > advised to use DUIDs, as they allow you to move your disks to > > different controllers, or change their bus identifiers, without > > having to modify /etc/fstab every time your configuration changes." > > > > You should be able to determine your drives DUID using the disklabel > > command. > > > > > > Where is this? I thought NetBSD didn't do DUID, at least not on MBR disks. > > > -- > Ottavio Caruso > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
