Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 14:38:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Marc Nicholas <marc@netstor.com> To: "Wills, Ken" <kwills@gflesch.com> Cc: jkruger@oskar.nanoteq.co.za, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Custom boot.flp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909141437390.17897-100000@medulla.hippocampus.net> In-Reply-To: <058BE165CBA8D111A82E0008C79F9E35024828@gfc-mad-dc.gflesch.int>
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Doesn't the boot.flp actually use sysinstall and a custom init process? Therefore, you'd have to replace sysinstall with an init process of some sort... Someone correct me if I'm talking out of my a.out ;-) -marc ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Nicholas netSTOR Technologies, Inc. http://www.netstor.com "Fast, Expandable and Affordable Internet Caching Products" 1.877.464.4776 416.979.9000x11 fax: 416.979.8223 cell: 416.346.9255 On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Wills, Ken wrote: > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Johan Kruger > > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 9:45 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Custom boot.flp > > > > I get : > > ---------------------- > > Mounting root device on fd0c > > error mounting root on fd0c > > -- will reboot in 15 seconds -- bla bla > > ---------------------- > > How do i tell it to mount it on CDROM ( probably wcd0a ) say for > > instance /MYMOUNT_DIR ?? > > Check the kernel config. You may need to build a new GENERIC kernel. > Also you'd check for any rc* or /etc/fstab entries that mount the floppy > as the root fs. > > As a disclaimer, I've never done or tried to do this, but thats the > general idea <:) > > Ken > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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