From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Feb 3 18:59: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from cumin.apnic.net (cumin.apnic.net [202.12.29.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F7FF37B405 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 18:58:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from hadrian.staff.apnic.net (hadrian.apnic.net [202.12.29.249]) by cumin.apnic.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g142rnKa017172 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:53:50 +1000 Received: (from ggm@localhost) by hadrian.staff.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA02792 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:58:54 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <200202040258.MAA02792@hadrian.staff.apnic.net> From: ggm@apnic.net (George Michaelson) To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:56 EST Subject: how to tell the kernel to use mfs in loader Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.1 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.5 on a laptop with no floppy or CD. I have copied the install kernel/mfsroot image off a floppy via vnconfig but even with the minimalist loader.rc I am finding the install kernel mounts my hard disk root, not the MFS root Its been given in memory. What can I do in loader phase to tell a kernel to use MFSROOT as the only image? I suspect the install kernel is 'smart' - Sees a valid FS on the disk and is using it for its init path. cheers -George To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message