Michael Dexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I would like to try a separate /boot slice as permitted by FreeBSD 5.x...
I forget where you got that from. Anyway, the boot(8) manpage makes it pretty clear that your /boot must be on the "a" of whatever "s" you're booting, but I'm not as sure as others that you can't get the loader to then boot up a kernel from that /boot but using some other "/" on another "s", probably on its "a". I'd be investigating /boot/defaults/loader.conf and its #currdev="disk1s1a" # Set the current device #root_disk_unit="0" # Force the root disk unit number #rootdev="disk1s1a" # Set the root filesystem and/or how to execute the "built-in" loader(8) commands, like "unload", "set currdev", etc. It sounds like that's possible (something about "exec"ing in scripts), but you might have to learn a bit of "Forth". Try booting to the loader command line, and try to get it to use a kernel+modules from one "s" and a "/" from another. loader(8)'s "boot_askname" sounds encouraging. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
