Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:00:23 +0100 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de> To: "Leif Neland" <leifn@neland.dk>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Must root be on slice 'a'? Message-ID: <200312231500.28152@harrymail> In-Reply-To: <027f01c3c8a8$719c8590$6705a8c0@gina> References: <027f01c3c8a8$719c8590$6705a8c0@gina>
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--Boundary-02=_8pE6/7MpoLI1Cce Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 22 December 2003 17:27, Leif Neland wrote: > http://geodsoft.com/howto/dualboot/freebsd.htm > writes this:To install a new FreeBSD system, you must create a new '/' file > system at a minimum. If you do this in a slice with an existing '/' > partition the previous system will become inaccessible. You can normally > tell that there is a previous '/' mounted in the current slice, if any > existing partition name ends in an 'a'. > > Does this imply that I must rename my slices, that I can't boot from > /dev/ad1s3e ? Right. Root always must be label a. You don't have to change slices. But you can compile something different in the kernel: options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:da0s2e\" AFAIK it should bee possible to also change the root device in 1st bootstage See man (8) boot -Harry > > Leif > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Boundary-02=_8pE6/7MpoLI1Cce Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/6Ep8Bylq0S4AzzwRAqVhAJ9VVozO1/poAYTGzSg6hHdlnY8hJgCeJctq ZSBvxEENvqznfCgaKV4S02A= =78mv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_8pE6/7MpoLI1Cce--
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