Martin Husemann wrote: > as described in PR 44774 (see > http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=44774), it is > currently not possible to use a standard NetBSD install CD on a system > wich normally boots from raid (at least on i386, amd64 or sparc64, where > a stock GENERIC kernel is used).
It looks like this is a similar problem to the one I raised here http://mail-index.NetBSD.org/tech-kern/2009/10/31/msg006410.html Instead of providing RB_NO_ROOT_OVERRIDE I would prefer something that actually _lets_ me override everything else from boot.cfg. Quoting Robert Elz from the mentioned thread: > FWIW, I think the code to allow the user to override that at boot > time would be a useful addition - while it is possible to boot, > "raidctl -A yes" or "raidctl -A no", and then reboot, or perhaps > "boot -a" on systems that support that, but that's a painful > sequence of operations for what should be a simple task. > > It should always be > 1. what the user explicitly asks for > 2. what the kernel has built in > 3. hacks like "ratdctl -A root" (or perhaps similar things for cgd etc) > 4. where I think I came from ciao Klaus