Re: ugly panic in mountroot prompt

From: Andy Farkas <andyf_at_speednet.com.au>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 09:09:38 +1000 (EST)
On Sun, 18 May 2003, Tim Kientzle wrote:

> Martin Blapp wrote:
>
> > If one does type "Enter" or nonsense in the mountroot prompt,
>
> > the system panics instantly. That's enoying.
>
>
> Haven't tried -CURRENT, but on -STABLE, even if
> you type the right thing, it doesn't work.
> Try moving a bootable ad0 disk to ad2 or
> ad4 and note that nothing you type into
> the mountroot prompt will actually mount
> root.
>

Same on -current. Even typing `?` will panic.

Workaround:

OK set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:ad2s1a"
OK boot

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        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
 http://www.speednet.com.au/
Received on Sun May 18 2003 - 14:09:48 UTC

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