Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:57 +0200 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: "Svein Skogen (listmail account)" <svein-listmail@stillbilde.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Our old friend, the small default layout is back... Message-ID: <20090826165557.GI11739@phenom.cordula.ws> In-Reply-To: <4A9565F7.8050206@stillbilde.net> References: <4A94382A.5080708@stillbilde.net> <4A944612.6010107@netability.ie> <4A945216.4040603@stillbilde.net> <4A94528A.5030609@netability.ie> <4A950054.4080104@andric.com> <20090826162823.GF11739@phenom.cordula.ws> <4A956340.7050600@stillbilde.net> <20090826164115.GH11739@phenom.cordula.ws> <4A9565F7.8050206@stillbilde.net>
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On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 06:42:31PM +0200, Svein Skogen (listmail account) wrote: > >> How about being able to move /boot to a separate FS? > > > > Wouldn't that require the initial loader(s) to become GEOM/GPART-aware, > > so that they can find the kernel (or even /boot/loader if that is not > > relocated to the root-fs)? > > Unless we add a "placeholder" file in the root fs that points to the > int13 sector number for the active and spare kernels, and read that? You mean like LILO? That has its own set of drawbacks: it can be all too easily forgotten, and then you've hosed your system and need to boot from an emergency partition... If at all, the loader would need more intelligence than that: that's why GRUB is so superior to LILO, at least for the FS-types it supports. ;-) -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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