Re: Can't upgrade RAIDframe system -- won't boot from CD

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Mouse wrote:

> As I read it, the problem is that sysinst isn't starting, because an
> autoconfigured raidframe root is yanking / away from the installer's /
> to the installed system.  This does mean the installed system is
> running with the installer kernel, but apparently that works well
> enough to boot; in any case, if it prevents the installer from running,
> something's a bit broken.
> 
> Maybe there needs to be an RF_SUPPRESS_AUTOCONFIGURED_ROOT option
> (though probably spelled more briefly :) which installer kernels use.

Maybe the opposite might be more useful, to allow other future LVMs'
auto-root mechanisms to be sidestepped without needing new options each
time.  Something like a REALLY_BOOT_FROM_THE_BOOT_MEDIA option but with
a better name :).

Cheers,
Simon.