Subject: kern/5500: cannot mount PROCFS on NFS root
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Erik E. Fair <fair@digital.clock.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/27/1998 02:29:04
>Number: 5500
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: cannot mount PROCFS on NFS root
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed May 27 02:35:00 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Erik E. Fair
>Organization:
International Organization of Internet Clock Watchers
>Release: NetBSD-current 19980527
>Environment:
System: NetBSD digital.clock.org 1.3 NetBSD 1.3 (DIGITAL) #1: Mon May 25 14:16:49 PDT 1998 fair@digital.clock.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/DIGITAL sparc
>Description:
mount_procfs fails on a diskless system; it should work.
>How-To-Repeat:
boot a diskless workstation
attempt to mount /proc
mount_procfs: : Operation not supported by device
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: