Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 02:39:28 -0700 (PDT) From: "R. B. Riddick" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> To: Fluffles <etc@fluffles.net>, freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GELI on root partition -- problems Message-ID: <20060722093928.40471.qmail@web30313.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <44C1EF02.70707@fluffles.net>
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--- Fluffles <etc@fluffles.net> wrote: > Regarding step 2: I can extract the archives of base and kernels, they > are on the install cd and "base" even has an install.sh script. But i > guess installing is more than copying files: i should make the slice > (ad0s3) bootable; so that my BIOS or boot loader like GAG can boot from > it. How is that done? > As far as I understood it, "installing" is just "un-tar-ing" those tar-ball-chunk-groups in the right order (the chunks should be lexicographically ordered)... I make a slice bootable as follows: 1. "fdisk -a3 ad0" or so... 2. "bsdlabl -B ad0s3" and possibly setting up partitions with "bsdlabel -e ad0s3" (I made good experience with partition "a" starting not before sector 16... I dont know if it is necessary, but it feels like... Maybe the boot process needs those first 16 sectors?) 3. "boot0cfg -m 15 -s 3 ad0" or so Then it should be able to boot from ad0s3... -Arne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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