Bug 18928

Summary: options ROOTDENAME=xxx on kernel config file does not work as intended
Product: Base System Reporter: moscoso <moscoso>
Component: kernAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description moscoso 2000-06-01 02:50:00 UTC 
setting options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:da0a\" on my kernel config file so that whenever I boot with kernel -r the kernel should use that as the root file system dos not work.

How-To-Repeat: Insert options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:da0a\" on the kernel config file, config a new kernel, compile and install it.
On reboot (second stage boot loader) type kernel -r at the boot prompt and the kernel should use da0a as the root file system. Instead, it will prompt you for the root file system name.
The reason is that the ROOTDEVNAME options file is not being included in the (I can't remeber the file name. grep for ROOTDEVNAME in /sys/kern/*)
Comment 1 iedowse freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-12-02 21:15:51 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed


The problem was fixed in both -current and -stable about a week 
before this problem report was submitted.