From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Feb 4 8:23:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from relay.gnf.org (relay.gnf.org [208.44.31.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC6A537B420 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:23:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.gnf.org (smtp.gnf.org [10.0.0.11]) by relay.gnf.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g14GNLw07542; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:23:22 -0800 Received: by mail.gnf.org (Postfix, from userid 888) id E98D311E511; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:20:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gnf.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E593E11A577; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:20:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:20:50 -0800 (PST) From: Gordon Tetlow To: George Michaelson Cc: Subject: Re: how to tell the kernel to use mfs in loader In-Reply-To: <200202040258.MAA02792@hadrian.staff.apnic.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, George Michaelson wrote: > > 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. Check the kern.flp's loader.rc which has something like (working from memory): load -t mfs_root /mfsroot -gordon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message