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Date:      Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:34:27 -0400
From:      Andrew Berry <andrewberry@sentex.net>
To:        Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>
Cc:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Glenn Gillis <glenn@elaw.org>
Subject:   Re: Tried to symlink /etc to another disk, now stuck
Message-ID:  <4851F8D3.1000807@sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <4851D328.8060107@ibctech.ca>
References:  <84a992f30806121702r39f132a8y11f8e410221e132c@mail.gmail.com>	<20080613012029.GA16341@dan.emsphone.com> <4851D328.8060107@ibctech.ca>

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Steve Bertrand wrote:

> If the disk type is known, it is as simple as typing the appropriate 
> location of the root fs at that prompt and the system will come up.

I don't remember about FreeBSD 4, but last time I dealt with a broken 
fstab on FreeBSD 6 I could just press tab to get a list of valid block 
devices. Then, I could just try each one until it worked - very useful 
for when you move IDE cabling around and the drive numbers change.

--Andrew

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