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Date:      Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:20:08 +0000
From:      valentin_nils@be-known-online.com
To:        "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Filesystem layout with sperated /boot partition
Message-ID:  <20060403042008.b9o0l7zynfsw4484@www.be-known-online.com>
In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0604021958g78ab75e3j739449298efcc4f0@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello,

<snip>
>
> Because it instinctively (without the MBR boot manager)
> looks for /boot/kernel/kernel in the first partition of the
> first active slice on the first drive.

But I have choosen to install the Boot loader. ;-o


>> ...
>>
>> 1) I wouldnt mind on which partition "/boot" or "/" sits or what its 
>> named, but
>> I would like to separate "/boot" on a different partition
>
> Why you would want to do this is a bit unclear.

I would like to use different mount option later on each partitions - just for
the fun of it ;-). That wouldnt be possible if all is on one partititon. Would
that make any sense ?

>
<snip>
>
> That's a sysinstall thing.  If you were to muck about
> and install your base system without sysinstall you
> could place it wherever.  And it probably still won't
> boot.

So whats the solution to this ??? Not installing FreeBSD ? Develop my own Boot
loader ?

>
> Part of the reason linux wants to make /boot its
> own partition is their ugly habit of not seperating
> anything else from root.
>

I decide not to comment on this anymore. I didnt came here to start a 
flame war
of the OS's. Let's not go down that road (most come back uglier than before),
lets focus on the technical issue instead.

Best regards

Nils Valentin

http://www.be-known-online.com






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