Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 18:13:42 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org> To: Nick Tonkin <nick@rlnt.net> Cc: Ruben de Groot <fbsd-q@bzerk.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble mounting the root filesystem Message-ID: <20021004161342.GA22262@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210040804350.76375-100000@world.tonkinresolutions.com> References: <20021004132804.GA21467@ei.bzerk.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210040804350.76375-100000@world.tonkinresolutions.com>
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On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 08:06:18AM -0700, Nick Tonkin typed: > > 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. Well, there's growfs(8), but I've never used it. Other than that you can of course dump - repartition - and restore. But from my experience, 256Mb is more than enough for the root partition (including /etc, which is usually small). When I started using FreeBSD (4.2-RELEASE) I think the default size for / was about 40Mb. Good luck. > > - nick > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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