Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 14:38:31 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: robert@steffi.mnsinc.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install question.. Message-ID: <199602250408.OAA28703@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602250258.VAA00604@steffi.mnsinc.com> from "Robert Nicholson" at Feb 24, 96 09:58:30 pm
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Robert Nicholson stands accused of saying: > > Somebody has just told me that / is seen as sd0a but as far as I'm I told you that the first BSD slice fits the compatability notation, and thus if you installed onto the first BSD slice, the root filesystem should be /dev/sd0a, yes. > really care too much about that. You should care; either you did something odd in the partition editor or you have a more serious problem. > Anyway, in fstab > > it puts /dev/sd0a as my / filesystem and at boot time I always have to > mount /dev/sd0c over / then mount /usr so I can get the tools needed > to edit fstab and write fstab and reboot. This will work because 'a' and 'c' start at the same place, so you're picking up the same filesystem information. However, you should be able to mount 'a' just fine. How about some error messages so we can actually see what's happening? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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