On Monday 22 December 2003 17:27, Leif Neland wrote: > http://geodsoft.com/howto/dualboot/freebsd.htm > writes this:To install a new FreeBSD system, you must create a new '/' file > system at a minimum. If you do this in a slice with an existing '/' > partition the previous system will become inaccessible. You can normally > tell that there is a previous '/' mounted in the current slice, if any > existing partition name ends in an 'a'. > > Does this imply that I must rename my slices, that I can't boot from > /dev/ad1s3e ?
Right. Root always must be label a. You don't have to change slices. But you can compile something different in the kernel: options ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:da0s2e\" AFAIK it should bee possible to also change the root device in 1st bootstage See man (8) boot -Harry > > Leif > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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