From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Feb 4 7: 7:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from duke.cs.duke.edu (duke.cs.duke.edu [152.3.140.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D48D37B405 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 07:07:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (grasshopper.cs.duke.edu [152.3.145.30]) by duke.cs.duke.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA23041; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:07:10 -0500 (EST) Received: (from gallatin@localhost) by grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (8.11.6/8.9.1) id g14F6eo04418; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:06:40 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) From: Andrew Gallatin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15454.41856.576648.713774@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 10:06:40 -0500 (EST) To: ggm@apnic.net (George Michaelson) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Reply-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to tell the kernel to use mfs in loader In-Reply-To: <200202040258.MAA02792@hadrian.staff.apnic.net> References: <200202040258.MAA02792@hadrian.staff.apnic.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG George Michaelson writes: > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.5 on a laptop with no floppy or CD. > > I have copied the install kernel/mfsroot image off a floppy via vnconfig > but even with the minimalist loader.rc I am finding the install kernel > mounts my hard disk root, not the MFS root Its been given in memory. > > What can I do in loader phase to tell a kernel to use MFSROOT as the only > image? I suspect the install kernel is 'smart' - Sees a valid FS on the disk > and is using it for its init path. In the loader, set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/md0c (or whatever the memory disk that the install uses is called). Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message