From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 1 21:46:05 2009 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 502CF1065670 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2009 21:46:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from the.real.david.allen@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 285DE8FC16 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 2009 21:46:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from the.real.david.allen@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so789221wfg.7 for ; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:46:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Z9kEe4XyIT1ergiK96MokVzaerenS91ckzpkkzUEcoU=; b=sua8N1WfcaQqjyDZYP8tcDzvgIlLDV6rflENK2xDtDGpAtoULpNWEDVTvEBwju6jJn sDsRYGAknEHl4T33ypOsS1cXnzIbFDTsi+L9h6wmVytRovRKsPwyLJs8cwnw1xbs14wo 5SNUPW89Frw6Cdgp4G5ssYUoIws732+IUxE7M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=iZKu5HtKb8n6VFDrqONVOpPuwiAYE46gkt708KWg/dEijRT9vdlrgrgUndYsxJm9fB PESceLGNZCNhMXifRdPOqog2cTDWEE9QnsQroHkXP7DRmjEEeNi5+eGeciD/eg7Jjz6q nuFHhyWY/8fhkGfU1jyv7nuOS4XztlBlJSV4Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.231.15 with SMTP id d15mr320925wfh.60.1249161662162; Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:21:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 14:21:02 -0700 Message-ID: <2daa8b4e0908011421x3142425fm69eef6df8ebf4309@mail.gmail.com> From: David Allen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Manual Installations on Flash Media X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:46:05 -0000 I need to create a FreeBSD installation on an SSD drive (connected via a USB adaptor), and would like to do so manually so as to avoid the use of an installation CD, PXE or sysinstall. 1. When creating an /etc/fstab file, does the order in which entries appear have any significance? I've noticed that when using sysinstall approach, the entries appear in the following order: # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/ad0s1e /tmp ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s1f /usr ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s1d /var ufs rw 2 2 Would a device alphabetical order (as used by bsdlabel) work? 2. I don't expect the system to swap, so can I dispense with a swap entry and have everything function normally (no error messages, etc.)? 3. Will adding `noatime' to / or any other filesystem have any consequences?