From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 04:20:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E86416A420 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 04:20:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valentin_nils@be-known-online.com) Received: from hw2.deuceswilddesigns.com (hw2.deuceswilddesigns.com [204.15.166.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D4943D48 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 04:20:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from valentin_nils@be-known-online.com) Received: from cpanel by hw2.deuceswilddesigns.com with local (Exim 4.52) id 1FQGXw-0002AA-6k; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:20:08 +0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1]) by www.be-known-online.com (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:20:08 +0000 Message-ID: <20060403042008.b9o0l7zynfsw4484@www.be-known-online.com> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:20:08 +0000 From: valentin_nils@be-known-online.com To: "illoai@gmail.com" References: <20060403023342.ioc7cb6koeww8o4s@www.be-known-online.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.3) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - hw2.deuceswilddesigns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32001 500] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - be-known-online.com X-Source: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php X-Source-Args: /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/php /usr/local/cpanel/base/horde/imp/compose.php X-Source-Dir: :/base/horde/imp Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem layout with sperated /boot partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:20:08 -0000 Hello, > > Because it instinctively (without the MBR boot manager) > looks for /boot/kernel/kernel in the first partition of the > first active slice on the first drive. But I have choosen to install the Boot loader. ;-o >> ... >> >> 1) I wouldnt mind on which partition "/boot" or "/" sits or what its >> named, but >> I would like to separate "/boot" on a different partition > > Why you would want to do this is a bit unclear. I would like to use different mount option later on each partitions - just for the fun of it ;-). That wouldnt be possible if all is on one partititon. Would that make any sense ? > > > That's a sysinstall thing. If you were to muck about > and install your base system without sysinstall you > could place it wherever. And it probably still won't > boot. So whats the solution to this ??? Not installing FreeBSD ? Develop my own Boot loader ? > > Part of the reason linux wants to make /boot its > own partition is their ugly habit of not seperating > anything else from root. > I decide not to comment on this anymore. I didnt came here to start a flame war of the OS's. Let's not go down that road (most come back uglier than before), lets focus on the technical issue instead. Best regards Nils Valentin http://www.be-known-online.com