Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 18:45:35 -0500 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot like linux! Message-ID: <d0879g$rhn$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <d0853q$kkq$1@sea.gmane.org> <42279EEB.5060801@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Jesse Guardiani wrote: > > <snip snip> > >>Anyway, that worked. The kernel boots now, but it prompts >>me at the beginning of the rc process for the root device. >>I give it: >> >>ufs:ad1s1d >> >>Which is my / partition, and it boots successfully. >>Is it possible to automate this process so that the loader >>knows to use ad1s1d as my root device? >> >>Thanks! >> >> > > Please note that I'm a "fellow newb", and don't take this > as if it were from an authoritative source (other than whoever > I'm quoting...) > > from boot(8): > > "Make note of the fact that /boot.config is read only from the `a' > parti- > tion. As a result, slices which are missing an `a' parition > require user > intervention during the boot process." I am under the impression that boot.config is optional. It doesn't exist on either of my 5.3 systems. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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