Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:41:29 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: Robert Lebovich <robert@prokk.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installation doesn't work Message-ID: <48D292C9.9030905@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200809181922.09168.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <op.uhogjianc0kikg@robert.office.prokk.net> <20080918142643.GA50891@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <200809181922.09168.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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Mel wrote:
> that's aside from the fact that the root partition '/' always has to be the
> first partition, for the simple reason that everything else is mounted on top
> of it.
>
> For the same reason:
> /dev/ad1se /usr/local ....
> /dev/ad1sf /usr
>
> will not work.
> For this particular case (root not first mount), sysinstall could be made
> smarter.
It's not the partition device names that determine the mount order, but
the order of the entries in /etc/fstab.
Cheers,
Matthew
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