FreeBSD 6.1 - mount_nullfs broken?

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Mar 24 23:11:32 UTC 2006


On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 04:52:40PM -0600, Viren Patel wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 01:24:35PM -0600, Viren Patel
> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Compile it into your kernel or load the module.  Read
> >> the
> >> > handbook for
> >> > more help.
> >> >
> >> > Kris
> >> >
> >>
> >> That did it! The nullfs module was not being loaded into
> >> the kernel. I added it to loader.conf.local and it works
> >> now. This is definitely a change from 6.0 to
> >> 6.1-prerelease.
> >
> > I don't think so.  Modules are all installed by default.
> >
> > Kris
> >
> 
> Then something is broken. The module file is present in
> /boot/kernel. However it does *not* get loaded unless I
> put it in loader.conf.local. As mentioned previously, I am
> using the generic kernel. I followed the standard upgrade
> procedure when going from 6.0 to 6.1.

What is logged on the console when you try to mount_nullfs before
loading the nullfs.ko module (it should be loaded automatically)?

Kris
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