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Date:      Tue, 15 Sep 2015 22:18:06 -0400
From:      Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: nanoBSD boot problem (on USB stick or as a HD)
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On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 9:53 PM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote:

> one possibility is to use  gpart label to describe the device.
> possibly it woudl hav ehte same result in both cases, but I don't know for
> sure that
> it works for root device.. you'd have to test.
>
>
I would recommend a UFS label instead.  gpart labels are kind of fragile
and easy to mess up.  My previous employer has been shipping systems where
the root fs is specified in fstab via a UFS label for years and it never
gave us a problems.



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