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Date:      Tue, 28 May 2013 13:29:18 +0430
From:      saeedeh motlagh <saeedeh.motlagh@gmail.com>
To:        =?UTF-8?Q?Trond_Endrest=C3=B8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no>
Cc:        s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: freebsd8.2 with /etc mount point can't run correctly
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thanks Trond but i think it can not help me.

you know i want to separate my /etc completely from root. for some reasons,
i want to unmount /etc while root is mounted.

by your procedure, i think /etc is dependent to root yet. isn't it?


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Trond Endrest=C3=B8l <
Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote:

> On Tue, 28 May 2013 12:57+0430, s m wrote:
>
> > hello all,
> >
> > i want to install freebsd8.2 with different partitions. i want to have
> > a separated partition for /etc. therefore this is my partitions: / ,
> > /var, /etc. /tmp, /usr, swap.
> >
> > but after installing, freebsd can not run correctly and have problem
> > with fstab. i checked my fstab file (fstab file in /etc partition) and
> > every thing is ok. i think i should do something in order to use fstab
> > file in different mount point. is it true? what should i do to have a
> > freebsd with a separate /etc mount point?
> >
> > any comments are appreciated.
> > SAM
>
> If you really want to keep /etc as a separate filesystem, then I would
> try something like this:
>
> 1. Create the file /etc-mount and give it the following contents:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> /sbin/mount /dev/ada0pX /etc
> exec /etc/rc $*
>
> 2. Make sure to substitute the right device file for the mount
> command.
>
> 2. Make /etc-mount executable: chmod a+x /etc-mount
>
> 3. On the root filesystem, let /etc/rc be a symlink to /etc-mount.
>
> This is just off the top of my head. It may work, or it may not work.
>
> HTH.
>
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