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Date:      Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:07:24 +0100 (CET)
From:      Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
To:        Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Must root be on slice 'a'?
Message-ID:  <20031223150352.M7208@arnold.neland.dk>
In-Reply-To: <200312231500.28152@harrymail>
References:  <027f01c3c8a8$719c8590$6705a8c0@gina> <200312231500.28152@harrymail>

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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:

> On Monday 22 December 2003 17:27, Leif Neland wrote:
> > 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\"
>
If the bootloader will not accept 2:ad(2,e), I don't think it matters what
I compile into the kernel.

> AFAIK it should bee possible to also change the root device in 1st bootstage
> See man (8) boot

I used disklabel to rename the slices, so now I have booted from the new
root.

Leif




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