Subject: Re: root= vs. boodev=
To: Christoph Badura <bad@bsd.de>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 06/17/2007 19:06:00
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 05:45:22PM +0200, Christoph Badura wrote:
> The NetBSD documentation is full of "root=/dev/hda1" examples.  As far
> as I can tell nothing in the kernel cares about that.
> 
> Does anyone remember what the significance of that parameter ist?

This is bad cut'n'paste from linux configs.

> 
> Maybe it has been replace by the undocumented rootdev= parameter?
> Is that so?

it's 'bootdev='

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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