load kernel from different media

[Sergio de Almeida Lenzi]

Em Qua, 2009-07-01 às 22:40 +0100, Chris Whitehouse escreveu:


Yes you can.
put your kernel (the one that works) on a DVD/CD
assume that your rootfs on the HD is on ad0s1a, /usr is on /dev/ad0s1e
with all the /boot directory.
than boot from dvd/CD
with the HD on the machine too.

on the startup, hit 6 (number 6).
than type:
set vfs.root.mountfrom="ufs:ad0s1a"
boot -s
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the machine will boot from the CD (with the kernel on the CD)
than will mount the filesystem / (root) using ufs and the
device /dev/ad0s1a
once boot, you can mount the / rw..... 
mount -o rw /dev/ad0s1a /mnt
mount /dev/ad0s1e /usr

than.....
export PATH=/mnt/sbin:/mnt/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /cdrom
cd /cdrom
tar cf - boot | tar -xpvf - -C /mnt
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edit /mnt/fstab to match the /(root) fs .....
==============fstab=========
/dev/ad0s1a                /            ufs            rw        1    1
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fastboot
the machine will reboot and boot happy on the hd....

hope it can help