bad144 elimination

bdev removal and its required actions (MAKEDEV)
sd -> da

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 5251558..81567bc 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -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