Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:40:30 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Tapan Chaudhari <tapan.list@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I change the device of the "/" mount point at boot time. Message-ID: <20080714184030.GA62288@eos.sc1.parodius.com> In-Reply-To: <482257ad0807141106m679ec19frd853339637d27a2d@mail.gmail.com> References: <482257ad0807141106m679ec19frd853339637d27a2d@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:36:52PM +0530, Tapan Chaudhari wrote: > Hi All, > I am new to FreeBSD and this mailing list as well. > What I want to achieve is change the device of my mount point '/'(or any > other mount point) after I reboot the machine. I have some knowledge about > initrd in Linux in which I can change the device for '/' and than reboot the > machine so that it takes a new device for '/'. > How can I achieve this in FreeBSD? I am using the latest release 7.0. Any > pointers will be helpful. I think you're looking for the loader variables rootdev or root.vfs.mountrootfsfrom. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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