Re: Boot from CD (this time in ASCII :) )
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 13-11-2006 16:28: > Now my question is this: how do the kernel know where to search the fstab > (considered that the fstab says where to find the /etc)? I mean: I suppose > I have to put on the CDROM an exact /etc/fstab for that installation?? Or > this could be avoided? Also because I may need to edit the fstab for the > machine without having to reburn the CD? so what? Or maybe the kernel can > actually just be read from the CD and then everything else from the ( SAN | > local ) drive? Am I missing something? > Have a look at the following manpages: boot(8) loader(8) This explains the FreeBSD startup system. In short, you tell the loader which kernel to boot, and you tell the kernel where the root filesystem is. The root fileystem is considered to contain instructions on how to proceed from there. HTH & HAND ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Boot from CD (this time in ASCII :) )
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 13-11-2006 16:28: > Now my question is this: how do the kernel know where to search the fstab > (considered that the fstab says where to find the /etc)? I mean: I suppose > I have to put on the CDROM an exact /etc/fstab for that installation?? Or > this could be avoided? Also because I may need to edit the fstab for the > machine without having to reburn the CD? so what? Or maybe the kernel can > actually just be read from the CD and then everything else from the ( SAN | > local ) drive? Am I missing something? > Have a look at the following manpages: boot(8) loader(8) This explains the FreeBSD startup system. In short, you tell the loader which kernel to boot, and you tell the kernel where the root filesystem is. The root fileystem is considered to contain instructions on how to proceed from there. HTH & HAND -- Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. ~Benjamin Franklin (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer, Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Boot from CD (this time in ASCII :) )
Sorry about previous mail in HTML and something else. Hello everybody. I'm working on a thing I never tried before. I did some googling but I don't think I haven't found any thing correlated to this. The situation is pretty simple: I'm configuring a FreeBSD (6.1) server to boot from a SAN thru a QLogic 2340 Fiber Channel card. This in general is not a problem as I already have another working machine with this solution. Now for a couple of reason not related to FreeBSD this new machine won't yet _ boot _ from the SAN itself but at the same time have all the system installed on the SAN. What I need to do is have a (local) boot device that loads the bootsector, the kernel and then starts everything else from the disk in SAN. I thought about accomplishing this with a BOOT-CD that starts up the kernel and then from the fstab loads the /, /etc, /usr and so on from the SAN. Now my question is this: how do the kernel know where to search the fstab (considered that the fstab says where to find the /etc)? I mean: I suppose I have to put on the CDROM an exact /etc/fstab for that installation?? Or this could be avoided? Also because I may need to edit the fstab for the machine without having to reburn the CD? so what? Or maybe the kernel can actually just be read from the CD and then everything else from the ( SAN | local ) drive? Am I missing something? I'm yet in the make buildworld buildkernel stage so maybe when making the make distribution to create the ISO everything will appear clearer to me but right now something it's not really clear. I hope the scenario is clear. Any suggestion? Any link to any kind of documentation? Thank you very much. Andrea Brancatelli___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
