From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 4 21:56:10 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F01216A41F for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:56:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dexter@ambidexter.com) Received: from tortoise.way.lv (7.lmuza.lv [195.13.151.139]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1195F43D45 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:56:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dexter@ambidexter.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tortoise.way.lv (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D26A1FED57 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:55:37 +0300 (EEST) Received: from tortoise.way.lv ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tortoise [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 08153-03 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:55:31 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [213.175.79.146]) by tortoise.way.lv (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCB4D1FED52 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:55:31 +0300 (EEST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 00:56:16 +0300 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Dexter Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at way.lv Subject: 5.x separate /boot slice? 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, 04 Aug 2005 21:56:10 -0000 >> I would like to try a separate /boot slice as permitted by FreeBSD 5.x... >Search the list. This comes up about once a month, and I've yet to see anyone >succeed. >Aside from "it's the way Linux does it", do you have any good reason for >wanting this? All of my questions seem to generate that response. :) Trust me, they are informed questions. In short: I, like many "bad" administrators perform updates via ssh rather than at the console in single user mode and like many I hold my breath while seeing if the machine will reboot. I was thinking that previous and updated kernels could both coexist in /boot and a second root slice (plus usr ... as appropriate) could be mounted under /mnt and recive a fresh installation of the updated OS, rather than a overlay that requires mergemastering. Yes, I know you would need to keep track of the kernel picking the right root, yes you would need to keep track of your fstab and of course you would need to worry about settings and additional software. That's all a pain but if it increases the likelihood that a box will reboot after updating, I'm willing to explore it. In some respects this is a question of dual-booting FreeBSD and FreeBSD and I was hoping to share some partitions that are not affected by the update process, likely including var and tmp. Sorry if this was a FAQ. I did search did turn it up. Did I answer you question? Michael. ------ Unix newbie: Ultrix and SunOS in 1991