> Could you rerun your testing after setting sysctl kern.module.verbose? > This should provide extra kernel debug printf() messages...
There are some info during boot (before securelevel is set to 1): --- : Mounting all filesystems... DEBUG: module: plist load returned error 2 for `/stand/sun3/5.99.39/modules/mfs/mfs.kmod' DEBUG: module: plist load returned error 2 for `/stand/sun3/5.99.39/modules/kernfs/kernfs.kmod' DEBUG: module: plist load returned error 2 for `/stand/sun3/5.99.39/modules/procfs/procfs.kmod' DEBUG: module: plist load returned error 2 for `/stand/sun3/5.99.39/modules/ptyfs/ptyfs.kmod' DEBUG: module: cannot unload module `mfs' error=16 DEBUG: module: cannot unload module `kernfs' error=16 DEBUG: module: cannot unload module `procfs' error=16 Clearing temporary files. DEBUG: module: cannot unload module `ptyfs' error=16 Starting amd. Creating a.out runtime link editor directory cache. Checking quotas: done. Setting securelevel: kern.securelevel: 0 -> 1 : --- All file systems (mfs, kernfs, procfs, and ptyfs) are mounted properly, though. On multi user, there is no particular info: --- # mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt mount_tmpfs: tmpfs on /mnt: Operation not supported by device # shutdown now Shutdown NOW! : Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: Terminal type is kterm. We recommend creating a non-root account and using su(1) for root access. # mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /mnt DEBUG: module: plist load returned error 2 for `/stand/sun3/5.99.39/modules/tmpfs/tmpfs.kmod' chariot# df /mnt Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail %Cap Mounted on tmpfs 49480 8 49472 0% /mnt # DEBUG: module: cannot unload module `tmpfs' error=16 --- Izumi Tsutsui