From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Dec  1 00:27:40 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D4516A4CF
	for <hackers@freebsd.org>; Mon,  1 Dec 2003 00:27:40 -0800 (PST)
Received: from tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.167])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1707A43FDF
	for <hackers@freebsd.org>; Mon,  1 Dec 2003 00:27:36 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk)
Received: from scan3.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.166] helo=localhost)
	by tx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20)
	id 1AQjP5-0001q8-NF
	for hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:27:35 +0000
Received: from rx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.2.165])
 by localhost (scan3.oucs.ox.ac.uk [163.1.2.166]) (amavisd-new, port 25)
 with ESMTP id 06681-09 for <hackers@freebsd.org>;
 Mon,  1 Dec 2003 08:27:35 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253])
	by rx3.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.20)
	id 1AQjP5-0001q2-9q
	for hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:27:35 +0000
Received: (qmail 30103 invoked by uid 0); 1 Dec 2003 08:27:34 -0000
Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with
	qmail-scanner-1.16  (sweep: 2.14/3.71. spamassassin: 2.53.  Clear:. 
	Processed in 1.370403 secs); 01 Dec 2003 08:27:34 -0000
X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk via gateway
X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.16 (Clear:. Processed in 1.370403 secs)
Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk)
	(163.1.161.131)
	by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 1 Dec 2003 08:27:33 -0000
Message-Id: <5.0.2.1.1.20031201082352.03243760@popserver.sfu.ca>
X-Sender: cperciva@popserver.sfu.ca
X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.0.2
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:27:30 +0000
To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, doc@freebsd.org
From: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20031201081809.GE75620@elvis.mu.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
cc: hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: HOWTO: install without floppy, cdrom, or pxe.
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:27:41 -0000

At 00:18 01/12/2003 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>Then type these commands into the loader:
>unload kernel
>load /ikernel
>load -t mfs_root /mfsroot
>set vfs.root.mountfrom
>boot          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   Surely that should be vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:/dev/md0c" ?

   It should also be possible to put the above into /boot/loader.rc.

Colin Percival