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Date:      Fri, 4 Oct 2002 08:06:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Nick Tonkin <nick@rlnt.net>
To:        Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Trouble mounting the root filesystem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210040804350.76375-100000@world.tonkinresolutions.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021004132804.GA21467@ei.bzerk.org>

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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Ruben de Groot wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:02:24PM -0700, Nick Tonkin typed:
> > 
> > Just installed FreeBSD 4.6.2 on a shiny new box with a Promise Fasttrack
> > 100 onboard ATA RAID controller.

[ snip ]

> > Oct 3 23:00:17 init: /etc/spwd.db: No such file or directory
> > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> 
> You can not just put /etc on another filesystem. Many scripts and files
> (/etc/rc, /etc/fstab to name two) are needed early in the boot proces, when
> only root is mounted. This has nothing to do with your raid controller.


That sounds like exactly it! I created a slice for /etc since I thought
the default size for the / slice (256Mb) was too small. Thanks a
million. Off to rebuild! Wonder of there's a way to change the slices
around without re-installing everything.

- nick


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