>Number:         353
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       new boot blocks don't tell why they fail
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jul 20 21:35:03 1994
>Originator:     John T Kohl
>Organization:
"	MIT SIPB"
>Release:        1.0-ALPHA
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD lola-granola 1.0-ALPHA NetBSD 1.0-ALPHA (LOLA) #35: Wed Jul 20 23:36:29 EDT 1994 jtkohl@lola-granola:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/LOLA i386


>Description:
The new bootblocks only deal with new root filesystems; they
don't deal with old root filesystems.
>How-To-Repeat:
Put new bootblocks on a file system with 4.2/4.3 format inodes.
You can't boot.
>Fix:

This will at least tell the user they're screwed.

*** 1.1	1994/07/21 04:05:45
--- sys/arch/i386/boot/sys.c	1994/07/21 04:18:45
***************
*** 84,89 ****
--- 84,93 ----
  	int block, off, loc, ino = ROOTINO;
  	struct dirent *dp;
  
+ 	if (fs->fs_inodefmt < FS_44INODEFMT) {
+ 	    printf("can't handle inodefmt %d\n", fs->fs_inodefmt);
+ 	    return 1;
+ 	}
  loop:
  	iodest = iobuf;
  	cnt = fs->fs_bsize;

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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