Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:56:28 -0700 (MST) From: Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.6 Install question (resend) Message-ID: <199701090056.RAA10596@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970108144602.7782D-100000@localhost> from "Doug White" at Jan 8, 97 02:49:27 pm
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, David Lewis wrote:
% Turns out that the kernel install doesn't like /sbin to not be loading on
% the / partition. I was attempting to install /sbin on its own partition.
%
% Once I backed out of this and installed /sbin under /, the problem was
% resolved (after much irritation and headache).
Doug White responded:
> So you created a mountpoint /sbin?
>
> How odd... I'll keep that for future reference.
OTTMCO. /sbin is, literally, "standalone bin;" it is needed to bring
the system up. Everything needed to bring the system up must be in the
root filesystem.
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"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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