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@@ -4,8 +4,40 @@ This file is maintained by imp@village.org. Please send new entries directly to him. See end of file for further details. 19991205: - /dev needs updating, copy MAKEDEV from src/etc to /dev and - run it to recreate all diskdevices. + Raw devices are going away. You will need to update your /dev + tree with a fresh copy of MAKEDEV for things to always work in + the future. fsck is unable to cope with dirty file systems + after this change, so it may work for you or it may not. + + MAKEDEV should be copied from src/etc/MAKEDEV to /dev before + starting the following: + + For N in the list of disks + MAKEDEV N # eg wd0 + for M in the list of slices + MAKEDEV NsMa # eg wd0s1a + + *** All uses of block devices must be converted to char devices. + *** Likely the only thing impacted is dumpdev in /etc/rc.conf + +19991204: + Support for the old 'sd' device names has been removed in + favor of 'da'. Please update your /etc/fstab, /etc/rc.conf + and any other places you might have sd names cached. + Generally these changes are as simple as s=/dev/sd=/dev/da=g, + but be careful to make sure that things are really that + simple. You may also need to create /dev entries for the da + devices as well. + + MAKEDEV should be copied from src/etc/MAKEDEV to /dev before + starting the following: + + For N in the list of da disks on your system + MAKEDEV daN + for M in the list of slices + MAKEDEV daNsMa +19991203: + BAD144 support has been removed. Cope or replace the hardware. 19991126: MFS_ROOT and MFS_ROOT_SIZE are gone, replaced by MD_ROOT and |