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Subject: livecd problems - won't mount root
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   Hello


   I'm trying to build a web server with FreeBSD 4.11 that runs off of a
CD rather than a hard disk. I'm trying to make an iso using livecd 1.2.4b
and the install goes well, but when I try to boot the system from the iso
I get the mountroot> prompt.

   Here is the fstab file that I put in the live_root install directory
prior to the iso generation:

# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump
Pass#
/dev/ad0s1b             none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/acd0c              /               cd9660  ro,noatime      0       0
/dev/ad0s1f             /tmp            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad0s1e             /var            ufs     rw              2       2
proc                    /proc           procfs  rw              0       0




   I would like the hard drive to be used for logfiles, tmp files, etc.
But, I would like the rest of the system to boot off of the cdrom, and
then keep running off the cdrom image.


   Is there something I am doing wrong?



    Thanks,


   - Jamie






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