From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 8 08:58:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9B4F16A41F for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:58:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vale@gdi-tech.com) Received: from arthur.gdi-tech.com (arthur.gdi-tech.com [70.86.14.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 595A143D46 for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 08:58:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vale@gdi-tech.com) Received: by arthur.gdi-tech.com (Postfix, from userid 508) id EE61024002C; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 03:58:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [192.168.0.254] (69-175-68-23.chvlva.adelphia.net [69.175.68.23]) by arthur.gdi-tech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34D8224002B for ; Mon, 8 Aug 2005 03:58:16 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <42F71EA4.70506@gdi-tech.com> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 04:58:12 -0400 From: Valentino D'Ostilio User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (Windows/20050711) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on arthur.gdi-tech.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=unavailable version=3.0.4 Subject: Where has BOOTMFS gone? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 08:58:27 -0000 Hello, In FreeBSD 4.x I was able to use the BOOTMFS kernel configuration file to create a kernel with a root file system within it. In 5.X this configuration has disappeared and I'm not quite sure how to replicate this in 5.x. The procedure I am following is outlined at http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200211/monolithic-kernel.html in case anyone is interested. Thanks for your time. -Vale