Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:31:18 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> To: Philip Hallstrom <freebsd@philip.pjkh.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to boot from a slice other than "a"? Message-ID: <20060112233046.K1533@chylonia.3miasto.net> In-Reply-To: <20060112140418.A53786@wolf.pjkh.com> References: <20060112134825.Q53590@wolf.pjkh.com> <20060112225638.J1494@chylonia.3miasto.net> <20060112140418.A53786@wolf.pjkh.com>
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> > Hmm... guess I didn't realize there was a difference :) > > I want the OS to "run" from /dev/da0s1h so that I can then completely wipe > and replace /dev/da0s1a [1]. > >> if second - add: >> >> vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:da0s1h" > > to which file? loader.conf > > [1] The box is a new 5.3 install. My thought was to boot from da0s1h, > buildworld/kernel for 6 with a DESTDIR pointing to the original / (da0s1a). > Then reboot and have a clean install of 6. no need to do it that way.
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