Re: The root partition inside a slice.

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

> Why now NetBSD can has the root partition only on beginning of a slice?
> For instance: 
> "boot hd0e:netbsd" can't find the root if the hd0e is inside a slice and
> hasn't a dos partition twin.

Which NetBSD version?

NetBSD x86 6.1.4 can't handle it and you need the following change
(which I'm using for my custom 6.1.4 amd64 kernel):
http://www.nerv.org/~ryo/netbsd/netbsd/?q=id:20130428T143256Z.b623c8487cf2235d829e0daff70cca59b1b79df8

6.2 will include this fix.

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Izumi Tsutsui