From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 25 18:05:14 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 EC9FF16A41A for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:05:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: from pearl.ibctech.ca (pearl.ibctech.ca [208.70.104.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7344A13C4B8 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:05:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 27547 invoked by uid 1002); 25 Oct 2007 18:05:13 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by pearl.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:RC:1(208.70.104.100):. Processed in 15.682238 secs); 25 Oct 2007 18:05:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.30.110?) (steve@ibctech.ca@208.70.104.100) by pearl.ibctech.ca with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 25 Oct 2007 18:04:57 -0000 Message-ID: <4720DACD.9040302@ibctech.ca> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:05:01 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200710251634.l9PGYlPV068519@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200710251634.l9PGYlPV068519@lurza.secnetix.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk 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: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:05:15 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > 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. This is correct, I tested it. Also, this system (with GEOM_ELI built into kernel) successfully upgraded from 6.2 to 7.0 with ULE scheduler enabled with no problems at all. Cheers! Steve