On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Ruben de Groot wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:02:24PM -0700, Nick Tonkin typed: > > > > Just installed FreeBSD 4.6.2 on a shiny new box with a Promise Fasttrack > > 100 onboard ATA RAID controller. [ snip ] > > Oct 3 23:00:17 init: /etc/spwd.db: No such file or directory > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > You can not just put /etc on another filesystem. Many scripts and files > (/etc/rc, /etc/fstab to name two) are needed early in the boot proces, when > only root is mounted. This has nothing to do with your raid controller. That sounds like exactly it! I created a slice for /etc since I thought the default size for the / slice (256Mb) was too small. Thanks a million. Off to rebuild! Wonder of there's a way to change the slices around without re-installing everything. - nick To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
