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| author | Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-11-10 10:50:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-11-10 10:50:51 +0000 |
| commit | 4698bc76a2c09c36ff2b5f701d11db2846e9a133 (patch) | |
| tree | 0e9d0cda48b7ef6c4265e5a0499bff5285a9151e /sys/contrib/dev/fla/README | |
| parent | 5736689c84148852d2c7c9f190dde3ea35cca3df (diff) | |
| download | src-4698bc76a2c09c36ff2b5f701d11db2846e9a133.tar.gz src-4698bc76a2c09c36ff2b5f701d11db2846e9a133.zip | |
Finding root devices is a much more sane thing now.
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svn path=/head/; revision=53080
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diff --git a/sys/contrib/dev/fla/README b/sys/contrib/dev/fla/README index 413e97d9c940..78433defa891 100644 --- a/sys/contrib/dev/fla/README +++ b/sys/contrib/dev/fla/README @@ -46,15 +46,16 @@ [6] How to boot from a fla device ? - The FreeBSD kernel recognizes the root device using various - hacks. These hacks doesn't recognize the fla device so some - "real" hacks are needed to boot from your fla device. + FreeBSD 4.0 and forward find their root device by reading + the /etc/fstab, so the DiskOnChip devices will work just + like any other device. - In 4.0 current the easiest way is to configure your kernel with - the - options ROOTDEVNAME=\"fla0\" + Earlier FreeBSD kernels recognizes the root device using + various hacks. These hacks doesn't recognize the fla device + so some "real" hacks are needed to boot from your fla + device. - In older versions, specifying the boot device in the kernel + In pre 4.0 versions specifying the boot device in the kernel config file this way is the easiest way to do it: config kernel root on major 28 minor 65538 |