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From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
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To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: [loader?] secret to setting root elsewhere?.
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Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> >  Ok so I have tried the settings in
> > teh loader conf..
> > I have:
> >
> > #autoboot_delay="10"            # Delay in seconds before autobooting
> > #console="vidconsole"           # Set the current console
> > currdev="disk1s1a"              # Set the current device
> > module_path="/boot/kernel;/boot/modules"        # Set the module search path
> > #prompt="\\${interpret}"        # Set the command prompt
> > root_disk_unit="1"              # Force the root disk unit number
> > rootdev="disk1s1a"              # Set the root filesystem
> >
> >
> > but it still loads disk0 as root..
> >
> > what am I doing wrong?
> 
> You don't "load a disk as root".
> 
> If you mean "it loads the kernel from the wrong place", that's one thing.
> If you mean "it mounts / from the wrong filesystem", then you should be
> aware that the loader reads /etc/fstab, and the kernel will mount
> whatever you've put in there.



YUUUKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!

I'm specifying a different place because the place where fstab is is SCREWED!!!!

but it will let me do what I want.


> 
> root_disk_unit is also deprecated.

> 
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