thanks Trond but i think it can not help me. you know i want to separate my /etc completely from root. for some reasons, i want to unmount /etc while root is mounted.
by your procedure, i think /etc is dependent to root yet. isn't it? On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Trond Endrestøl < trond.endres...@fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2013 12:57+0430, s m wrote: > > > hello all, > > > > i want to install freebsd8.2 with different partitions. i want to have > > a separated partition for /etc. therefore this is my partitions: / , > > /var, /etc. /tmp, /usr, swap. > > > > but after installing, freebsd can not run correctly and have problem > > with fstab. i checked my fstab file (fstab file in /etc partition) and > > every thing is ok. i think i should do something in order to use fstab > > file in different mount point. is it true? what should i do to have a > > freebsd with a separate /etc mount point? > > > > any comments are appreciated. > > SAM > > If you really want to keep /etc as a separate filesystem, then I would > try something like this: > > 1. Create the file /etc-mount and give it the following contents: > > #!/bin/sh > /sbin/mount /dev/ada0pX /etc > exec /etc/rc $* > > 2. Make sure to substitute the right device file for the mount > command. > > 2. Make /etc-mount executable: chmod a+x /etc-mount > > 3. On the root filesystem, let /etc/rc be a symlink to /etc-mount. > > This is just off the top of my head. It may work, or it may not work. > > HTH. > > -- > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > | Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, | > | Trond Endrestøl, | Trond Endrestøl, | > | IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, | > | Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gjøvik Technical College, Norway, | > | tlf. mob. 952 62 567, | Cellular...: +47 952 62 567, | > | sentralbord 61 14 54 00. | Switchboard: +47 61 14 54 00. | > +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > -- *Sa.M* _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
