Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 08:22:58 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "bsalinux@gmail.com" <bsalinux@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fixating boot drive Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1202020821390.14197@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAB3Sx6e_raDskwEOqPtQpT30mZUQ1YsEJpYxa90eZCaXEb0E6g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAB3Sx6e_raDskwEOqPtQpT30mZUQ1YsEJpYxa90eZCaXEb0E6g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, bsalinux@gmail.com wrote: > I'm sure this has been asked before. I'm booting a freebsd system from > a USB stick. It is currently at da0 but if I add physical SATA drives, > it moves to da2 and further depending on number of drives. > > How can I fix the usb disk to be at da32 or some finite number so that > even if I add more devices, the boot device would still be at a finite > location. Use labels and the device number won't matter: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/labels.html
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