From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 25 16:34:59 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE25216A418 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:34:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2001:1b20:1:3::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E6113C4BE for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:34:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9PGYmT9068520; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:34:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l9PGYlPV068519; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:34:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:34:47 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200710251634.l9PGYlPV068519@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, iaccounts@ibctech.ca In-Reply-To: <4720BEC0.80406@ibctech.ca> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:34:58 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, iaccounts@ibctech.ca List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:34:59 -0000 Steve Bertrand wrote: > I haven't tried it yet, but I don't think that /boot on the encrypted > disk is necessary. I will rename the directory and reboot and see if it > barfs. It shouldn't be necessary. Once the kernel is loaded, the system never looks at /boot again. Unless, of course, you want to load a kernel module. Those are located in /boot/kernel by default, but you can change the if needed (see sysctl kern.module_path). Also, some system utilities that use KVM functions (vmstat, top, ps) might require access to the kernel file. But that can be changed, too: sysctl kern.bootfile. Other than that, the /boot directory isn't used at all during normal operation. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek