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Joshua Lewis wrote:
>>/dev/ad1s1 what?  a, d, e, f,g ??
> 
> 
> Do I specify? I am using the whole drive. should I change it to /dev/ad1s1a?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Joshua Lewis
> 
> 
> 
> Anubis
> 
>>Joshua Lewis wrote:
>>
>>>The last time I edited this file my system ceased to boot. I have made
>>>what
>>>looks to me like a valid entry. This is the same thing I entered in last
>>>time. I am not going to save this but does it look valid to anyone out
>>>there?
>>>
>>>
>>># Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump
>>>Pass#
>>>/dev/ad0s1b             none            swap    sw              0
>>>0
>>>/dev/ad0s1a             /               ufs     rw              1
>>>1
>>>/dev/ad0s1f             /tmp            ufs     rw              2
>>>2
>>>/dev/ad0s1g             /usr            ufs     rw              2
>>>2
>>>/dev/ad0s1e             /var            ufs     rw              2
>>>2
>>>/dev/acd0c              /cdrom          cd9660  ro,noauto       0
>>>0
>>>/dev/acd1c              /cdrom1         cd9660  ro,noauto       0
>>>0
>>>
>>>This is the line I added
>>>/dev/ad1s1              /disk2          ufs     rw              2      2
>>>
>>>
>>>proc                    /proc           procfs  rw              0
>>>0
>>>
>>
>>/dev/ad1s1 what?  a, d, e, f,g ??
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 

asuming that you have done the whole fdisk/disklabel/newfs you can list 
the contents of /dev thus, ls /dev to find out.  It will be ad1s1d or 
something like that