From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 26 16:56:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8903A1065734 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:56:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE438FC22 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from phenom.cordula.ws (phenom [192.168.254.60]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E456B3711F; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:55:57 +0200 From: cpghost To: "Svein Skogen (listmail account)" Message-ID: <20090826165557.GI11739@phenom.cordula.ws> 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A9565F7.8050206@stillbilde.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Our old friend, the small default layout is back... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:56:01 -0000 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/