>Labels are an excellent solution in this case.
I've done some quick research on this and it will indeed solve the issue
regarding a generic fstab. I have a related question though. I want to take
this a step further and convert the bootable USB stick into a bootable CD-ROM
image. This is a lit
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Polytropon wrote:
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:39 -0600, Peter Steele wrote:
When a system has a USB drive present, the system typically
names it /dev/da0. However, if the system has SATA drives
hooked to an LSI controller, or if the system has SCSI drives,
the same drive pref
>In this case, labelling the USB stick would be a good chioce. The /etc/fstab
>entries then refer to those labels instead of device names (that could change).
>You can use generic labels as well as UFS labels here; even a reference to the
>UFSID would be possible, as well as independant from da d
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:47:38 -0600, Peter Steele wrote:
> I have a bootable FreeBSD image on a USB stick that clones
> itself on the target system's hard drive, creating partitions
> and other configuration as defined in the cloning logic.
> The /etc/fstab on the USB image is hard coded to mount
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:39 -0600
Peter Steele wrote:
> When a system has a USB drive present, the system typically names
> it /dev/da0. However, if the system has SATA drives hooked to an LSI
> controller, or if the system has SCSI drives, the same drive prefix
> is used as is for the USB drive
>If you could elaborate more on the goal you are seeking, other useful
>information could come from this list. At the moment, it's just my wild
>guessing. :-)
I have a bootable FreeBSD image on a USB stick that clones itself on the target
system's hard drive, creating partitions and other confi
On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:39 -0600, Peter Steele wrote:
> When a system has a USB drive present, the system typically
> names it /dev/da0. However, if the system has SATA drives
> hooked to an LSI controller, or if the system has SCSI drives,
> the same drive prefix is used as is for the USB drive
