From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 28 10:59:00 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 242C1972 for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 10:59:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from blue.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6D01DBC for ; Tue, 28 May 2013 10:58:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r4SAwpPs089622; Tue, 28 May 2013 11:58:52 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <51A48DEB.1040003@qeng-ho.org> Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 11:58:51 +0100 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130516 Thunderbird/17.0.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: s m Subject: Re: freebsd8.2 with /etc mount point can't run correctly References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 10:59:00 -0000 On 05/28/13 09:27, s m wrote: > hello all, > > i want to install freebsd8.2 with different partitions. i want to have > a separated partition for /etc. therefore this is my partitions: / , > /var, /etc. /tmp, /usr, swap. > > but after installing, freebsd can not run correctly and have problem > with fstab. i checked my fstab file (fstab file in /etc partition) and > every thing is ok. i think i should do something in order to use fstab > file in different mount point. is it true? what should i do to have a > freebsd with a separate /etc mount point? Generally speaking, a separate /etc partition is A Bad Thing(TM), and a sign you're doing things wrong. However, nanobsd does (partially) separate /etc out, and it does so using /etc/rc.initdiskless and its early (pre-rc) mounting code. Take a look at rc.initdiskless and the nanobsd code in /usr/src/tools/tools/nanobsd/nanobsd.sh if you really want to go down this route. -- In the dungeons of Mordor, Sauron bred Orcs with LOLcats to create a new race of servants. Called Uruk-Oh-Hai in the Black Speech, they were cruel and delighted in torturing spelling and grammar. _Lord of the Rings 2.0, the Web Edition_