Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 08:44:08 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Chris Ptacek <cptacek@sitaranetworks.com> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Loading the system from a nonstandard (not s1a) partition? Message-ID: <20030603084307.I66566-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <31269226357BD211979E00A0C9866DAB04D936E9@rios.sitaranetworks.com>
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On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Chris Ptacek wrote:
> I am wondering if it is possible to load the system from a non-standard (not
> s1a) partition. I am working on a system that has an existing disk layout
> with a s1g partition that I would like to turn into a recovery/backup
> partition (in case of corruption). I have created a small base system on
> the partition (tar up an existing minimum install, plus tools), but am
> unable to boot from it by selecting the s1g partition from the boot loader
> prompt. I wanted to know if this is possible, if so what steps do I need to
> take to make the partition bootable.
Take a look at `man loader` - there are lots of knobs for tweaking root
things.
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Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/
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