Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:36:14 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kory Hamzeh <kory@avatar.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, Aaron <click46@webpimps.net> Subject: RE: Adding 3ware RAID AFTER FBSD has been installed Message-ID: <XFMail.010824173614.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <005001c12cf8$35b5c120$14ce21c7@avatar.com>
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On 24-Aug-01 Kory Hamzeh wrote: >> I've been told you *should* be able edit your /etc/fstab with the boot >> floppies. I'm doing some testing myself currently. Check BSDatwork.com in >> the next week for a write up. >> > > Oh, you definitely can edit /etc/fstab from floppies. Boot off of the > floppies, and manually mount the root file system, then edit /etc/fstab. > > What I can't figure out (and I'm sure the answer is very very simple), is > how the kernel determines what device to mount as root. Remember, it can't > read /etc/fstab until is has mounted root. It's making me crazy! :-) I'm > sure its buried in some man page that I keep overlooking. The loader reads /etc/fstab and passes in the rootdev via an environment variable. The older boot blocks (boot2) pass in a major and minor device number of the root device (IIRC). > Kory -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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