Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 18:04:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Christopher Rued <c.rued@xsb.com> To: xavian anderson macpherson <professional3d@home.com> Cc: BWS - Offwhite <brennan@offwhite.net>, "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>, Bob Martin <bob@buckhorn.net>, Christopher Rued <c.rued@xsb.com>, "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>, Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, "fatboy@linuxbr.com.br" <fatboy@linuxbr.com.br>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>, James Preece <james.preece@uk.easynet.net>, John <papalia@udel.edu>, "keith@mail.telestream.com" <keith@mail.telestream.com>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>, Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Oscar Ricardo Silva <oscars@mail.utexas.edu>, "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>, Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> Subject: is there a /boot directory in freebsd as there is in linux? Message-ID: <14810.22497.64172.382911@chris.xsb.com> In-Reply-To: <39DA3EC0.1DBF8E52@home.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010022014220.79573-100000@home.offwhite.net> <39DA3EC0.1DBF8E52@home.com>
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xavian anderson macpherson writes: > there is no mention of a /boot directory in the complete freebsd. i > looked on page 230 and in the index. i have also looked on the web. no > mention of /boot. i was told that i cannot start my root `/' directory > from a vinum drive. because the kernel has to be loaded for the vinum > drives to be accessed. this should not be a problem if there was a > separate /boot directory which can be mounted on it's own partition; as > it is currently on my system. > > /dev/hda1 /boot > /dev/hdd1 / > > i have not yet had anyone answer me as to whether or not there is a > /boot directory in FreeBSD. if there is not; where is the operational > kernel located (the one that runs the system)? what is the name of that > directory (if there is one)? is the kernel just `out in the open' as i > have seen with the (default) Makefile for compiling the linux kernel? i > saw something about BootEasy being kept in the MBR; but i don't think > the MBR is a valid directory. in linux i have a separate partition for > my /boot directory. i have to, or i wouldn't be able to start my > computer! my `/' directory is out of range for that 1024 cylinder > limit. in fact, it's (my current operational kernel) on my 4th drive (i > have another [3 linux-mandrake kernels] on the third drive; which i can > `chroot /mnt' to) i am quite sure that FreeBSD is subject to the same > limitations as every other system that runs on x86 architecture; namely > that all of the boot mechanisms must be below the 1024 cylinder limit > set by intel chips. FreeBSD does have a /boot directory, but from what you have described it does not serve the same function as the Linux /boot directory. The FreeBSD kernel lives in the root directory (/). Some configuration files live in /boot on FreeBSD. So, for booting purposes it seems that FreeBSD's / is roughly equivalent to Linux's /boot. -- Christopher Rued To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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