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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: fixating USB Storage
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:41:29 -0800, bsalinux@gmail.com wrote:
> The real issue is that the USB boot device sits at da16 and if any of
> the da members below da16 drops, the usb boot device becomes da15 at
> next boot. The loader.conf still looks at da6 for root device and that
> is not present.
> 
> How to solve this issue?

Label the drives and use labels instead of device names.

Get some inspiration from Warren's excellent article here:
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html


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Polytropon
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