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Date:      Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:30:42 +0100
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        "bsalinux@gmail.com" <bsalinux@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fixating USB Storage
Message-ID:  <20120228173042.218144e7.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <CAB3Sx6dFKweDSAjbah2TXX6WWUV0eN-dgix79XziBKXHy0REaQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:41:29 -0800, bsalinux@gmail.com wrote:
> The real issue is that the USB boot device sits at da16 and if any of
> the da members below da16 drops, the usb boot device becomes da15 at
> next boot. The loader.conf still looks at da6 for root device and that
> is not present.
> 
> How to solve this issue?

Label the drives and use labels instead of device names.

Get some inspiration from Warren's excellent article here:
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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