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Date:      Wed, 8 Jun 2016 18:35:45 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
To:        Lou Katz <pi@metron.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Root on USB stick
Message-ID:  <20160608183545.37198952@X220.alogt.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160606063242.GA9594@metron.com>
References:  <20160606063242.GA9594@metron.com>

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Hi,

On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 23:32:42 -0700
Lou Katz <pi@metron.com> wrote:

> Where does the FreeBSD boot loader for Pi2 know about or find out
> where the root partition is? I need to boot from an image in the
> micro slot that I cannot remove (because I broke the push-pull
> mechanism) but use a root parition on another card accessed through a
> USB port.
> 
> There seems to have been a way to do this with FreeBSD 10, but I
> cannot find it in FreeBSD 11.
> 
> Thank you

there is an entry in the kernel configuration file where to find root
by default.

But you would need a custom kernel for this.

Erich



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