Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:34:23 -0600 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: mfsroot issues Message-ID: <47553B3F.6050808@cyberleo.net>
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Hi! I'm trying to set up a TinyBSD mfsroot image with which to upgrade a machine remotely. I've run into a few problems along the way, though. First of all, I cannot seem to get the kernel to use the preloaded mfsroot as the root device as long as the boot disk's /etc/fstab has a root listed. It will always use what's listed in the boot disk's fstab, despite settings in loader.conf. Am I missing something? (rootdev="md0" or "/dev/md0" or "ufs:/dev/md0" or...) Second, gzipped mfsroots seem to be corrupt when loaded, but fine when used uncompressed. Does the loader need special compile or runtime options to properly understand and expand gzipped mfsroots? The mfsroot is a naked UFS filesystem image, without slice table or bsdlabel. FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p7 (TISA) #0: Sun Sep 30 03:43:30 CDT 2007 Thanks! -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/
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