Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:39:33 +0200 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Lebovich <robert@prokk.net>, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation doesn't work Message-ID: <200809201739.33951.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <200809191017.m8JAHZvl092865@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200809191017.m8JAHZvl092865@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Friday 19 September 2008 12:17:35 Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Oliver Fromme <olli@secnetix.de> wrote:
> > Matthew Seaman wrote:
> > > Mel wrote:
> > > > that's aside from the fact that the root partition '/' always has to
> > > > be the first partition, for the simple reason that everything else
> > > > is mounted on top of it.
> > >
> > > It's not the partition device names that determine the mount order,
> > > but the order of the entries in /etc/fstab.
> >
> > Actually not even the order in /etc/fstab matters. You can
> > place the root file system last and it will still work.
>
> Uhm, just to be sure: We are talking about the *root* file
> system here.
>
> Of course, the order of the *remaining* file systems in
> /etc/fstab (without "noauto" flag) *does* matter, because
> this is the order in which they are mounted by the RC
> scripts. Only the root file system is special.
Yeah, I was too short in previous reply, but since sysinstall both picks
partition name and writes /etc/fstab the end result for the user is the
same. "First do root, then the rest and don't create partitions that are
supposed to be put on top of another partition, before creating that
partition first".
> PS: BTW, Mel, your email address doesn't work. I get
> bounces from your mail server.
I know, still been too lazy to implement whitelisting, so anything
not .freebsd.org at RCPT TO: is bounced. Maybe this time the post-it will
stick to my monitor ;)
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
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