Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:39:18 +1000 From: "Pietralla, Siegfried P" <siegfried.pietralla@eds.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: booting and fstab Message-ID: <16649A8D5C73D51183B80008C728EEB7CC09B2@AUSYM103>
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hi all,
i've installed v4.3 on a disk in a caddy which i swap between two pc's. on
one pc the disk is ad1 ( primary slave ) , on the other it's ad3 ( secondary
slave ) . btw, it wouldn't even try to boot as ad2 ( secondary master ) it
just hung ??? now, obviously it won't boot up successfully unless the
entries in /etc/fstab match the physical configuration so as long as i
remember to edit fstab before i shutdown and move the disk i'm ok. to get
around this i tried duplicating ( i.e. two lines for each pn ) the entries
in fstab to match both configs ( i.e. ad1s3a / AND ad3s3a / ) but it still
won't boot by itself since one of these will always fail to mount. is there
any way i can amend the default boot process so that it ignores errors in
mounting and the system ( tries and ) comes up anyway?
also, when it drops me into the default shell, how can i edit /etc/fstab
since at this time / is mounted read-only? i tried to mount the root
partition on /mnt as well but it wouldn't let me.
thanx,
siegfried.
siegfried pietralla ( siegfried.pietralla@eds.com )
ph: +61 3 9675 3234 fax: +61 3 9675 3440 mob: +61 4 0481 6140
location: 15th floor 2-26 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Vic, 3000
mail: Siegfried Pietralla 15/2, Colonial Account,
EDS Australia, 436 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne Vic, 3004
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